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  • Title: Affects of hirudin and heparin on the binding of new fibrin to the thrombus in t-PA treated rabbits.
    Author: Agnelli G, Pascucci C, Cosmi B, Nenci GG.
    Journal: Thromb Haemost; 1991 Nov 01; 66(5):592-7. PubMed ID: 1839474.
    Abstract:
    The aim of this study was to compare the ability of heparin and recombinant hirudin (r-hirudin) in preventing accretion of new fibrin on thrombi during and after treatment with tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) and in enhancing t-PA induced fibrinolysis in a rabbit jugular vein thrombosis model. Heparin and r-hirudin were infused at doses capable of doubling aPTT. In the fibrin accretion inhibition experiments t-PA was infused over 3 h at a dose of 0.2 mg/kg along with saline or heparin, 0.75 mg/kg or r-hirudin, 1.25 mg/kg. In rabbits treated with t-PA plus saline, heparin or r-hirudin, an accumulation of 125I-fibrinogen on the thrombi of 52.5 +/- 5.1 micrograms, 49.5 +/- 5.6 micrograms and 23.5 +/- 3.5 micrograms was observed, respectively, the difference between r-hirudin and both saline and heparin being statistically significant (p less than 0.01). The inhibition of fibrin accretion on the thrombi induced by r-hirudin persists for at least 9 h after the end of the infusion. By that time r-hirudin has been cleared from the circulation and aPTT has returned to the baseline level for at least 8 h. t-PA, 0.2, 0.4, and 1 mg/kg, infused with saline produced 34 +/- 6%, 52 +/- 5% and 79 +/- 8% lysis of pre-formed thrombi, respectively. The same doses of t-PA infused with heparin, 0.75 mg/kg, produced 32 +/- 3%, 54 +/- 5% and 78 +/- 6% fibrinolysis, respectively and infused with r-hirudin, 1.25 mg/kg, 38 +/- 3%, 57 +/- 5% and 82 +/- 8%, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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