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Anticoagulation Pathway

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Anticoagulation Pathway, Clotting Pathway Inhibition

  • See Also
  1. Clotting Pathway
  2. Intrinsic Clotting Pathway
  3. Extrinsic Clotting Pathway
  4. Common Clotting Pathway
  5. Bleeding Disorder
  6. Prothrombin Time
  7. Partial Thromboplastin Time
  8. Thrombin Time
  • Pathophysiology
  1. Initiated by vascular Occlusion
  • Images
  1. Overview
    1. pathClottingCascade.png
  2. Full Thrombosis Pathway
    1. ThrombosisPathway.png
  • Physiology
  • Pathway
  1. See Anticoagulation (Anticoagulant medications)
  2. Fibrin degradation pathway
    1. tPA (Tissue Plasminogen Activator) cleaves Plasminogen
    2. Plasminogen cleaved into Plasmin
    3. Plasmin cleaves Fibrin into Fibrin Degradation Products
  3. Thrombin removal
    1. Fibrin clot absorbs excess Thrombin
    2. Anti-Thrombin III inactivates Thrombin