Background: Vision plays an important role in supporting efficient locomotion. The present study aimed to measure the physiological cost index (PCI) and some kinematic parameters of preferred walking and jogging in blind and sighted students.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among blind (n=18) and sighted (n=27) students aged 8-16 years. The following parameters were measured...

This paper describes the in-hospital outcome of urgent percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with delayed PCI in patients suffering from non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS). The time when the PCI should be performed is still under debate. Results from 620 patients hospitalized in Silesian Centre of Heart Diseases in Zabrze in years 20022005 were included in this stu...

BACKGROUND The regional variability of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) rates may be explained by variations in the medical treatment of stable coronary artery disease. We sought to determine whether greater regional use of antianginal medications in PCI patients is associated with lower regional rates of PCI. METHODS AND RESULTS Using CathPCI Registry and Dartmouth Atlas data, we exa...

There is some confusion in the market place concerning the replacement of the PCI Bus (Peripheral Components Interface) by either the InfiniBandSM Architecture (IBA), PCI-Express (formerly 3GIO Third Generation I/O), or upgrades to the PCI bus itself. Initially the InfiniBand architecture was viewed as the replacement for the PCI bus, yet the PCISIG (PCI Special Interest Group) recently announc...

The occurrence of protein C inhibitor (PCI) in human platelets and megakaryocytes was analyzed. As judged from enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), PCI was present in platelets at a concentration of 160 ng/2 x 10(9) cells. Its specific activity was 5 times higher than that of plasma PCI. Consistently, mainly the 57-kD form (active PCI) and some high molecular weight (M(r)) forms, but no...

The occurrence of protein C inhibitor (PCI) in human platelets and megakaryocytes was analyzed. As judged from enzymelinked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), PCI was present in platelets at a concentration of 160 ng/2 3 109 cells. Its specific activity was 5 times higher than that of plasma PCI. Consistently, mainly the 57-kD form (active PCI) and some high molecular weight (Mr) forms, but no band...

BACKGROUND Optimal reperfusion strategy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction is controversial. Failure of fibrinolytic therapy is related to limited efficacy, high reocclusion rates, reinfarction, and systemic bleeding complications. Data on the impact of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) after fibrinolysis are conflicting. The Southwest German Interventional Study in Acute Myocardial I...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether common risk stratification models in cardiac surgery predict perioperative outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with previous percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the perioperative mortality and morbidity of 367 patients with prior elective PCI versus 2361 patients without prior PCI, who under...