Vincent Gaudiani
This video demonstrates a Cox-Maze III operation combined with a left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to left anterior descending artery (LAD), as well as an ascending aortic replacement and aortic valve resuspension. The Cox-Maze III...
This video demonstrates a redo operation in a patient in their 60s who had a previous biological aortic valve replacement and required an aortic root replacement with the Konect valved...
In this in-depth discussion, CTSNet Senior Editors Dr. Vince Gaudiani, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University in Stanford, California, USA, and Dr. Sameh Said, Chief of the Division...
The 79-year-old male patient had a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) placed at another institution in another state, although he presented with more complex issues than only aortic stenosis. The...
The patient was a healthy 88-year-old male who had been in atrial fibrillation (AF) for 20 years, who presented with a large left atrium. He had undergone ascending aortic replacement,...
In this special guest lecture for the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgery of Thailand, Dr. Vince Gaudiani addresses essential surgical techniques for the safe removal of transcatheter aortic valves and...
This video documents the investigation and treatment of a male patient who was referred with severe aortic valve stenosis. He was initially referred for consideration of transcatheter aortic valve replacement...
This video shows an 85-year-old woman who presented to the emergency room with chest pain and a 6.5 cm ascending aorta containing an intramural hematoma and a pericardial effusion. The...
The patient was suffering from hemolysis and mitral regurgitation. A hemisternotomy was performed after femoral vein cannulation. A new cross-clamp was used and is shown in the video. Cardioplegia was...
As 2025 comes to an end, the CTSNet editor team reflected on another year of incredible cardiothoracic content. The Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning and the senior editors handpicked a collection of...
This video demonstrates the repair of a post-infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD). Initially, attempts were made at closure in the catheterization lab, but this was unsuccessful, and there was also...
This video is part of Dr. Vince Gaudiani’s Anomalous Right Coronary Artery Series. View more videos from this series here. The patient was a 55-year-old woman with mitral valve prolapse....
This video is part of Dr. Vince Gaudiani’s Anomalous Right Coronary Artery Series. View more videos from this series here. This case demonstrates the repositioning of an anomalous right coronary...










