title: 99Tcm-labelled anti-fibrin Fab' fragment for evaluating the course of venous thrombosis in the rabbit.
abstract: Immunoscintigraphy was performed using the Fab' fragment of 99Tcm-labelled T2G1s anti-fibrin monoclonal antibody in a rabbit experimental model of venous thrombosis of known and increasing age (1, 3 and 7 days). Scans were positive in 3/7 cases for 1-day thrombosis (fibrin-poor network) and in 7/7 cases for 3-day thrombosis (fibrin-rich network). In rabbits with 7-day thrombosis, the scan was positive (2/4 cases) only when connective tissue was not present in the clot. Scintigraphic results were concordant with those of biodistribution studies showing the mean percentage of injected dose per gram 99Tcm-T2G1s present in the thrombosed vein wall (0.043, 0.082 and 0.07 for thrombi at 1, 3 and 7 days, respectively). Mean thrombosed vein wall-to-blood ratios were 1.027, 2.291 and 1.301, respectively. Immunoscintigraphy with T2G1s anti-fibrin monoclonal antibody thus enabled hematological status to be evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, CHU, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: el Kouri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peltier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dupas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faivre
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chaillou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Faucal
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Planchon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D016719:Radioimmunodetection / Q000379:methods*; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*