Open AccessFibrinolytic Activity of Blood and its Determinants in Healthy Medical Students
Author(s) -
Nazeem I. Siddqui,
Mohammmad Shoeb,
Sukhwant Bose
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12483.6017
Subject(s) - fibrinolysis , medicine , menstrual cycle , body mass index , plasminogen activator , endocrinology , anthropometry , physiology , hormone
Decreased fibrinolytic activity results in longer fibrinolysis time of blood and an increased propensity for hypercoagulable states of blood. Subjects with less fibrinolytic activity are prone to coronary artery disease, stroke and thromboembolic phenomena.