ABSTRACT
The dynamics of platelet deposition on control polyurethane catheters (CPC) and heparin-bonded polyurethane catheters (HBPC) were evaluated with In-111 labeled platelets (In-PLT) using a computerized gamma camera (CGC). Ten nonheparinized dogs (18-25 kg) had both femoral arteries catherized with 10 cm of CPC and HBPC (5 Fr.) 24 hr postinjection of 300-420 microcuries of In-PLT, and imaged for 3 hr with a gamma camera. Regional platelet deposition on three segments of catheters and the puncture site was determined. Catheters were harvested and radioactivity on the catheter segments (proximal: PROX, middle: MID, distal: DIST and puncture site: PS) of both was determined. From the platelet count in blood, and radioactivity in blood and segments of catheters, adjacent artery, and area of artery and catheter, the platelet-density [X10(3) (mean +/- S.D.)] on catheter and artery was calculated and tabulated. Proximal values were cath (CPC), 1289 +/- 1125; artery, 1355 +/- 587; cath (HBPC), 125 +/- 113; artery, 1149 +/- 1620. The middle values were cath (CPC), 1102 +/- 1109; artery, 1512 +/- 625; cath (HBPC), 132 +/- 108; artery, 1011 +/- 942. Distal values were cath (CPC), 780 +/- 584; artery, 132 +/- 108; cath (HBPC), 227 +/- 194; artery, 1457 +/- 1309. The puncture site values were cath (CPC), 106 +/- 382; artery, 1011 +/- 942; cath (HBPC), 164 +/- 135; artery, 1498 +/- 1240. The large standard deviation in retained platelets is due to embolization. The platelet-density and regional counts on catheter segments were lower with HBPC than CPC, as was the rate of platelet-deposition.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
