Abstract
Prosthetic femoropopliteal grafts attract platelet thrombus and often occlude in the months following implantation. Hence a technique to measure the in vivo thrombogenicity of different vascular substitutes in patients has been developed. In 28 patients the rate of accumulation of 111-indium-labelled platelets in saphenous vein, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and double velour Dacron femoropopliteal grafts was studied. One week postoperatively autologous 111In-labelled platelets were injected and the isotope emissions over the graft and contralateral leg counted. Graft thrombogenicity was calculated as the daily rise over 7 days in the ratio of counts over the graft to those over the contralateral leg. Mean thrombogenicity index (± s.e.mean) was greatest in the Dacron grafts at 0·24 ± 0·03 which compared with 0·13 ± 0·02 in PTFE (P<0·05). Saphenous vein was markedly less thrombogenic than either prosthetic graft with a mean index of only 0·025 ± 0·01 (P < 0·01). Platelet survival failed to differentiate the three graft materials, demonstrating that the direct measurement of 111 In platelet deposition was a more sensitive technique.
Contributor Information
M Goldman, Departments of Surgery and Nuclear Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham.
H C Norcott, Departments of Surgery and Nuclear Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham.
R J Hawker, Departments of Surgery and Nuclear Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham.
C Hail, Departments of Surgery and Nuclear Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham.
Z Drolc, Departments of Surgery and Nuclear Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham.
C N McCollum, Departments of Surgery and Nuclear Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham.
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