KROK 1 2015 – Question 20 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
After implantation of a cardiac valve a young man systematically takes indirect anticoagulants. His state was complicated by hemorrhage. What substance content has decreased in blood?
- A. Heparin
- B. Prothrombin
- C. Ceruloplasmin
- D. Haptoglobin
- E. Creatin
Hint
Think about the mechanism of oral anticoagulants and which clotting-system component is made in the liver in a vitamin K-dependent way.
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