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Glossary of Terms:

Cardiac Infarction: Heart attack.

Cerebral Infarction: Stroke.

Fibrin: A whitish, filamentous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and makes up part of coagulum or blood clots.

Fibrinolytic: Pertaining to or causing the breaking up of blood clots.

Infarction: Cardiac or cerebral tissue death due to failure of blood supply to the area usually caused by a blood clot.

Plasmin: An endogenously produced fibrinolytic enzyme.

Plasminogen: A precursor to plasmin. A protein found in many tissues and body fluids.

Thrombus: A blood clot that obstructs a blood vessel or a cavity of the heart.

Thrombolytic: Pertaining to or causing the breaking up of a thrombus.

TPA: Tissue plasminogen activator.

t-PAs: The most commonly used thrombolytic drugs including activase, urokinase, and streptokinase.

Urokinase: An endogenously produced thrombolytic enzyme & also a commonly used thrombolytic drug given intravenously to cardiac and cerbral infarction patients.

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