Study of factors that may condition scintigraphic detection of venous thrombi and pulmonary emboli with Indium-111 labeled platelets
Incorporation of indium-111-labeled platelets (In-111-P) into venous thrombi and pulmonary emboli may permit rapid detection of these thromboemboli by gamma imaging. In a series of dogs in which femoral-vein thromboses and/or pulmonary embolism were induced experimentally by stasis and small amounts of thrombin, we addressed several questions pertinent to the sensitivity, specificity, and potential applicability of this approach. We found that when In-111-P were injected intravenously before thrombus induction or embolus release, femoral-thrombus images were consistently detectable within 15 min, whereas control femoral-vein images were unremarkable. Pulmonary emboli were also promptly imaged, and such In-111-P images agreed well with defects on Tc-99m MAA perfusion scans. When thrombi were aged in vivo for up to 10 hr after formation, they could still be imaged within 20 to 90 min after In-111-P injection. Administration of heparin, as an initial bolus followed by constant infusion, blocked platelet deposition on femoral-vein thrombi as assessed by both thrombus-to-blood ratios and failure to image. Injection of protamine at 6 hr, however, resulted in prompt thrombus imaging. These data indicate that this approach may well have applicability to the detection of thromboemboli in humans, since imaging remains possible in canine thrombi aged in vivo for 10 hr so long as heparin therapy has not been instituted. The dose of heparin required to inhibit imaging is not known. However, if these data prove comparable in humans, they suggest that imaging of thromboemboli could be achieved so promptly that only modest delay in the institution of heparin therapy would be required.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, San Diego
- OSTI ID:
- 6786232
- Journal Information:
- J. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Vol. 21:11; Conference: 28. annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 16 Jun 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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