Atlas of Surgery

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May 5, 2026 | Keith Korver

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, aortic valve replacement, mitral valve...

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May 5, 2026 | Keith Korver

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,...

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March 16, 2026 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor

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...

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March 9, 2026 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor

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...

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August 25, 2025 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor

In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates how to remove a right atrial myxoma in a 45-year-old patient who presented with a cerebralvascular accident (CVA). He performed a sternotomy and...

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August 18, 2025 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor

This video features Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrating the technique he uses for removing a left atrial myxoma. He performed a mini upper sternotomy and then highlighted how important it was...

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July 24, 2025 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor

In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani discusses with Dr. Paul Shuttleworth how they set up a bypass circuit for aortic cases, in which hypothermic blood is perfused to the brain...

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July 17, 2025 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor

In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates his closure technique for an upper ministernotomy. He frequently employs this approach with a femoral venous cannula and often also uses a femoral...

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June 30, 2025 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor

This video demonstrates the excision of subvalvular ring in a 34-year-old woman who was five feet three inches tall and weighed 275 pounds with minimal aortic regurgitation A femoral venous...

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June 23, 2025 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor

This video illustrates the excision of a subvalvular ring in a 59-year-old woman with aortic regurgitation. A femoral venous cannula and direct aortic cannulation were performed. The aorta was cross-clamped...

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May 26, 2025 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor

This case involved a 59-year-old woman who had previously undergone aortic valve replacement (AVR) and ascending aortic replacement and developed Staphylococcus epidermidis endocarditis. The operation began by commencing venous drainage...

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May 20, 2025 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor

This video demonstrates the case of a 60-year-old male patient who had streptococcus viridans endocarditis on a prosthetic valve. This was his third operation, as he initially had a bioprosthetic...