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    Association between postoperative changes in the gut microbiota and pseudopsia after cardiac surgery: prospective observational study

    Delirium after cardiac surgery affects mortality, but the mechanism remains unclear. Previous studies have reported gut microbiota are associated with brain activity. Systemic inflammation and antibiotics can ...

    Masaki Maekawa, Kenji Yoshitani, Musashi Yahagi, Takashi Asahara in BMC Surgery (2020)

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    Transesophageal echocardiography in robot-assisted mitral valve repair for Barlow’s disease: usefulness for predicting artificial ring size and artificial chordae length using the loop technique

    There is no fully recommended methodology for surgery for Barlow’s disease. Various methods have been proposed. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of transesophageal echocardiography (T...

    Musashi Yahagi, Takuma Maeda, Hiroko Kanazawa, Kenji Yoshitani in JA Clinical Reports (2020)