Thrombolytic, also called clot-busting or fibrinolytic, drugs are now mainstays in the early treatment of many patients with heart attacks. These drugs dissolve the clot, or thrombus, responsible for causing artery blockage and heart-muscle tissue death.
The standard thrombolytic drugs are recombinant tissue plasminogen activators or rt-PAs. They include alteplase (Activase and reteplase (Retavase). Both are similar in effectiveness, although reteplase is easier t...
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