In 42 patients with cirrhosis of the liver, the individual components of the fibrinolytic system and the level of the degradation products of fibrinogen have been studied. The level of plasmin was found to be elevated in all the investigated groups and so was the plasma activator of plasminogen in active and decompensated cirrhosis. The degradation products of fibrinogen showed increases in 48% of inactive, in 80% of active and in 100% of decompensated cirrhosis. The changes in the values of plasminogen and antiplasmin were not significant.

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