thrombolytic
There is a risk of excess bleeding with the use of a powerful clot-buster.
He is being given a clotbuster as a precaution.
Breathing in the smoke from other people's cigarettes interferes with the body's own natural clot-buster chemicals.

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Disorders & diseases of the heart & blood
acidosis
acquired agammaglobulinemia
adult-onset diabetes
afib
agammaglobulinemia
anaemic
apoplexy
coarctation of the aorta
congenital erythropoietic porphyria
congestive heart failure
coronary heart disease
coronary thrombosis
decompression sickness
furred
MGUS
mini-stroke
mitral
monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance
monocyte disorder
toxaemia

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