clot buster
Dissolves arterial obstructions
A clot buster is a medication that dissolves blood clots, used in emergency treatment of heart attacks and strokes.
The formal term is thrombolytic.
These drugs work by breaking up clots that block blood flow to vital organs: They gave her a clot buster within an hour of the stroke.
- thrombolyticAgent dissolving blood clots
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- blocked arteryBlood pathway with obstruction
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
blockage · embolism · emergency · emergency room · IV · bleeding · thrombosis · fibrin · heart attack · heart muscle · chest pain · vessel · plaque · hemorrhage · catheter · intervention · lifesaver · brain
clot bustercoagulant
Agent inducing clotting
clotting factor · vitamin K · thrombin · tranexamic acid · styptic
clot busterblood thinner
Clot-prevention medication
anticoagulant · antiplatelet · aspirin · warfarin · heparin
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