The leading cause of death in the world is coronary heart diseases. According to World Health Organisation (WHO) cardiovascular disease caused over 18 million deaths in the world in 2005. Of these deaths, 8 million (44%) occurred in people under 60 years of age. In the recent years, of the several thrombolytic agents used clinically, streptokinase is prone of the most-often employed, particularly of its lower cost when coded to others. This book deals with streptokinase as a clinically important and cost-effective plasminogen activator. Streptokinase is a non-proteolytic extracellular protein...