fibrinolysis
Sign in to saveFibrinolysis is a process that prevents blood clots from growing and becoming problematic. Primary fibrinolysis is a normal body process, while secondary fibrinolysis is the breakdown of clots due to a medicine, a medical disorder, or some other cause.
Research
37,773 papers- Fibrinolysis in a nutshell.British journal of haematology · 2025
- Fibrinolysis in Platelet Thrombi.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
- Altered Fibrinolysis in Hematological Malignances.Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis · 2021
- Impaired Fibrinolysis in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome.Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis · 2021
- Fibrinolysis.The New England journal of medicine · 1965
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- Physiology
- Measurement
- Role in disease
- Pharmacology
- Fibrinolytic enzymes
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Fibrinolysis is a process that prevents blood clots from growing and becoming problematic. Primary fibrinolysis is a normal body process, while secondary fibrinolysis is the breakdown of clots due to a medicine, a medical disorder, or some other cause.
In fibrinolysis, a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down. Its main enzyme plasmin cuts the fibrin mesh at various places, leading to the production of circulating fragments that are cleared by other proteases or by the kidney and liver.