A person is admitted to hospital as he had a myocardial infraction. A cardiologist injected him 'streptokinase'. Why?

It reduces hypertension

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It reduce the level of blood cholesterol

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It stimulates heart beat

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It acts as clot buster

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Solution

The correct option is D It acts as clot buster
Myocardial infarction or heart attack is the condition in which the blood flow to the heart muscle stops due to clotting and thus there is the oxygen starve condition which leads to the death of heart cells. To treat this disorder streptokinase is used as it is the clot buster which dissolves the clot in coronary artery and normal blood flow occurs. Thus, the correct answer is option D.

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