It is now clearly established that Thin-Capped Fibroatheromas (TCFAs) lead to most Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACSs). The ability to selectively intervene on TCFAs predisposed to rupture and ACSs would dramatically alter the practice of cardiology. While the ability of OCT to identify thin walled plaques at micron scale resolutions has represented a major advance, it is a misconception that it ca...

Schwartz-Jampel syndrome (SJS) is a heterogeneous autosomal recessive syndrome of myotonia and bone dysplasia. Two types have been recognised: the classical type with late infantile or childhood manifestation and a rarer form with neonatal manifestation. We report five families with a total of 11 children affected with severe neonatal SJS. All presented after birth with skeletal abnormalities a...

Bacillus subfilis nucleoside diphosphokinase was purified l,lOO-fold to apparent homogeneity (a single band upon disc gel electrophoresis). Gel filtration through Sephadex G-ZOO indicated an approximate molecular weight of 100,000. The corrected Michaelis constants for the various nucleoside triphosphate substrates ranged from 0.10 fll~ for GTP to 0.42 mM for CTP. Deoxyribonucleoside triphospha...

The ability of a pulsed oxygen delivery system (Puritan-Bennett Companion Oxygen Saver (COS-5) to track respiratory rate during exercise and the oxygenation achieved during the exercise while oxygen was being delivered by this system was compared to that attained while oxygen was delivered continuously in six patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and six patients with idiop...

This systematic review examines levels of evidence and recommendation grades of various therapeutic interventions of inspiratory muscle training in people who have had a stroke. Benefits from different levels of force and resistance in respiratory muscles are shown in this population. This review was conducted following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analy...

BACKGROUND To determine the influence of breathing maneuver and sitting posture on tidal volume (TV), respiratory rate (RR), and muscle activity of the inspiratory accessory muscles in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS Twelve men with COPD participated in the study. Inductive respiratory plethysmography and surface electromyography were used to simultaneously...

OBJECTIVE Stüve-Wiedemann Syndrome (SWS; MIM 601 559) is an autosomal-recessive syndrome characterized by myotonia with mask-like face, skeletal dysplasia and intrauterine growth restriction. Other clinical findings are pursed mouth, hypoplastic midface, congenital contractures and muscular hypotonia. We discuss about the importance of prenatal diagnosis in SWS and the possibility of survival a...

Static and dynamic hyperinflation is an important factor of exertional dyspnea in patients with severe COPD. This proof-of-concept intervention trial sought to study whether laughter can reduce hyperinflation through repetitive expiratory efforts in patients with severe COPD. For small groups of patients with severe COPD (n = 19) and healthy controls (n = 10) Pello the clown performed a humor i...

[Purpose] The purposes of this study were to investigate the influences of position on %MVIC of spinal stability muscles to establish for the most effective breathing pattern for activation of spinal stability muscles in order to provide an additional treatment method for use in spinal stability exercise programs. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty-three healthy subjects performed quiet breathing an...

Lysyl transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase (L-lysine: tRNA ligase (AMP), EC 6.1.1.6) was pursed to a state of apparent homogeneity from bakers’ yeast. For each of two different preparation procedures, a 250to 500-fold purikation of the enzyme was obtained, and the final purification step yielded two distinct protein components with specific activity values of approximately 0.5 and 1.0 pmole of ...