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Definition of Tissue plasminogen activator

1. Noun. A thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot; used in treating acute myocardial infarction.

Medical Definition of Tissue plasminogen activator

1. Plasma serine protease, one of a closely related group of plasminogen activators. Contains an EGF like domain and multiple copies of the kringle domain. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Tissue plasminogen activator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Symposium on edited by Judith H. LaRosa, Michael J. Horan, Eugene R. Passamani (1996)
"Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and size of infarct, left ventricular ... Trial of tissue plasminogen activator for mortality reduction in acute ..."

2. Identifying Health Technologies That Work: Searching For Evidence by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... Streptochinasi Nell' Infarto Miocardio; GUSTO = Global Utilization of Streptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries; ..."

3. Alcohols Effect on Organ Function edited by Dianne M. Welsh (1997)
"... Y. Antigens of tissue plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1: Correlates in nonsmoking Japanese and Caucasian men and women. ..."

4. Healthy People, 2010: Conference Editionby Donna E. Shalala by Donna E. Shalala (2000)
"tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. New England Journal of Medicine 333(24):1581-1587, 1995. 50 ADA. Emergency Cardiovascular Care ..."

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