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Preoperative Intestinal Preconditioning to Prevent Postoperative Vasoplegia After Tricuspid Valve Surgery [PDF]

Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports
Background: Right ventricular dysfunction may lead to intestinal bacterial translocation secondary to portal venous hypertension, thereby contributing to systemic inflammatory response syndrome and vasoplegia after tricuspid valve surgery.
Paulina Ramirez-Jaramillo, MD, Mateo Marin-Cuartas, MD, Bettina Pfannmüller, MD, Manuela De La Cuesta, MD, Jagdip Kang, MD, Zara Dietze, MD, Suzanne De Waha, MD, Madlen Uhlemann, MD, Thilo Noack, MD, David Holzhey, MD, Alexey Dashkewich, MD, Martin Misfeld, MD, PhD, Michael A. Borger, MD, PhD, Philipp Kiefer, MD   +13 more
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PIEZO acts in an intestinal valve to regulate swallowing in C. elegans [PDF]

Nature Communications
Sensations of the internal state of the body play crucial roles in regulating the physiological processes and maintaining homeostasis of an organism. However, our understanding of how internal signals are sensed, processed, and integrated to generate ...
Yeon-Ji Park, Jihye Yeon, Jihye Cho, Do-Young Kim, Xiaofei Bai, Yuna Oh, Jimin Kim, HoJin Nam, Hyeonjeong Hwang, Woojung Heo, Jinmahn Kim, Seoyoung Jun, Kyungeun Lee, KyeongJin Kang, Kyuhyung Kim   +14 more
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Intestinal Complication With Myxomatous Mitral Valve Diseases in Chihuahuas

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
The effects of cardiac disease on the intestine have been reported in humans but not in dogs. We investigated the effects of myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD), which is capable of causing congestion and tissue hypoperfusion, on the intestine in ...
R. Araki, R. Araki, R. Araki, K. Iwanaga, Kazunori Ueda, M. Isaka   +5 more
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Spiral valve intestinal barrier functions of juvenile Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) were changed by low or high-lipid diet

Aquaculture Reports
The intestine serves as the primary defense mechanism safeguarding fish body against pathogen infiltration. Unlike cyprinid and salmonid fish, sturgeon features a distinctive special spiral valve structure within their intestines. Several studies propose
Huanhuan Yu, Yue Li, Tieliang Li, Guanling Xu, Wei Xing, Na Jiang, Zhihong Ma, Yuanyuan Ren, Wentong Li, Yan Liu, Lin Luo   +10 more
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Intestinal microbiota dynamics in postoperative delirium following cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: an observational study [PDF]

BMC Anesthesiology
Background Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common complication of cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and it is associated with systemic inflammation and gut–brain axis dysregulation.
Shaoqiong Zhang, Xinyi Ma, Xiaodong Zhang, Bin Zou, Yingjie Sun, Yugang Diao   +5 more
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Unique colonoscopic manifestations in a patient with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura: a case report of an ileocecal valve ulcer [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics
Ileocecal valve ulceration can arise from various causes, including infections, inflammatory bowel diseases, Behçet's disease, tumors and medications.
Haizhi Tan, Xiaobing Xiao, Jianrong Deng
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Heyde Syndrome: A Literature Review [PDF]

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims Heyde syndrome, a triad of anemia from gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, aortic valve stenosis, and acquired von Willebrand syndrome, primarily affects individuals over 65.
Yashika Gupta, Abdul Rehman Shahid Khan, Viraj Shetty, Yeshwini Murali Krishna, Ayisha Maqsood, Muhammad Husnain Ahmad, Masab Ali, Betsy Samuel, Ali Gohar, Abdul Waheed, Muhammad Bilal Afzal, Rehan Naseer Ahmad, Saqib Maqsood   +12 more
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A case of intestinal Behçet disease in a deceased donor kidney transplantation recipient [PDF]

Clinical Transplantation and Research
Behçet disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disorder characterized by a chronic relapsing course. Because immunosuppressive therapy is the mainstay of BD treatment, its use in transplant recipients may attenuate typical clinical manifestations ...
Miran Park, Jun Su Lee, Soon Man Yoon, Ji Hye Kim, Sun Moon Kim   +4 more
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Morphological description of deepwater skate Bathyraja trachura from the North-West Pacific

Известия ТИНРО, 2021
Morphological description is given for deepwater skates Bathyraja trachura caught in the North-West Pacific in 1980–1989, both juveniles and adults. Counts for vertebras, pectoral fin, teeth rows, and intestinal valves are presented.
V. N. Dolganov
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Ileocecal valve atresia with volvulus

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2022
Atresia of the ileocecal valve is a very rare etiology of neonatal intestinal obstruction. We report the case of a newborn who presents a neonatal occlusion in whom the exploration has found a volvulus of the last intestinal loop and the cecum which were
Hicham Ajdar, Abdelhalim Mahmoudi, Othmane Alaoui, Khalid Khattala, Youssef Bouabdallah   +4 more
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