tranexamic acid is generally used in the treatment of disorders that predispose one to bleeding. it is a synthetic lysine analog that has strong antifibrinolytic activity. plasminogen binds to fibrin to form plasmin, which in turn degrades fibrin into fibrin degradation products. tranexamic acid blocks the lysine binding site on plasminogen and prevents interaction with fibrin. tranexamic acid ...

standard protocols should be established for treating eligible stroke patients with tissue plasminogen activator (tpa) (recommendation class i, level of evidence b). the iranian standard protocol of intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (ivttpa) is the best possible and easy to use method for performing intravenous thrombolysis in iran. this protocol overcomes p...

Thrombotic disorders, such as myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, peripheral arterial disease, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or other embolic diseases that are responsible for worldwide mortality and morbidity, are manifestations of the formed thrombi by blood clots during a pathologic blood coagulation process. Once thrombi are formed, the only way to resolve the blood clot i...

The protein C system is an important anti thrombotic pathway that regulates the coagulation system by inactivating procoagulant factors Va and VIlla and enhancing clot lysis by inhibiting the activity of plasminogen activator inhibitor. Protein C deficiency, therefore, is a hypercoaguable state characterized by increased risk of thromboembolic events such as stroke, pulmonary embolism, and veno...

BACKGROUND Subchondral osteopenia is important for the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis (OA). Although previous studies suggest that plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), an inhibitor of fibrinolysis, is related to bone metabolism, its role in OA remains unknown. We therefore investigated the roles of PAI-1 in the subchondral bone in OA model mice. METHODS Wild type (WT) and PAI-1-defic...