KROK 1 2013 – Question 131 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A 46-year-old female is scheduled for a maxillofacial surgery. It is known that the patient is prone to high blood coagulation. What natural anticoagulant can be used to prevent blood clotting?
- A. Sodium citrate
- B. Hirudin
- C. Fibrinolysin
- D. Heparin
- E. None of the above-listed substances
Hint
Decide which substance is a physiological anticoagulant that works inside the living body, not just in a test tube, by enhancing a plasma inhibitor of clotting factors.
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