factor Xa
Coagulation cascade protease
Factor Xa is an enzyme in the blood coagulation cascade, the activated form of factor X.
It plays a central role in converting prothrombin to thrombin, which ultimately produces blood clots.
Factor Xa inhibitors are anticoagulant medications that prevent clot formation: The patient was prescribed a factor Xa inhibitor after surgery.
- coagulationLiquid solidifying into mass
- clottingBlood solidifying process
- extrinsic pathwayCoagulation triggered externally
- blood thinnerClot-prevention medication
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
blood · anticoagulant · hemostasis · warfarin · bleeding · fibrin · platelet · stroke · DVT · deep vein thrombosis · pulmonary embolism · embolism · INR · surgery · bleeding disorder · thrombosis · vitamin K
- Blood Drugsanticoagulant, heparin, warfarin, LMWH, blood thinners
- Proteasesprotease, trypsin, papain, collagenase, bromelain
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