[Fixation of Indium111-labeled antifibrin monoclonal antibody on the vegetation in endocarditis: evaluation in a rabbit model]

Pathol Biol (Paris). 1991 May;39(5):547-50.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The uptake of a 111In labelled antifibrin antibody was studied in left ventricle endocarditis on a rabbit model. The immunospecificity of the antibody for the cardiac vegetations is favorable, exhibiting an uptake at least 4 times that of blood, or myocardium. A planar scintigraphy of the opened left ventricle showed a radionuclide imaging of vegetations, according to anatomical lesions. The use of antifibrin monoclonal antibodies could prove helpful to improve the specificity of valvular lesions visualized by echocardiography, or to detect the small vegetations at the early stage of acute endocarditis.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal* / immunology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Endocarditis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Endocarditis / immunology
  • Female
  • Fibrin / immunology*
  • Indium Radioisotopes*
  • Rabbits
  • Radionuclide Imaging

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Indium Radioisotopes
  • Fibrin