— Gaudiani VA, Castro LC, Vial CM, Shuttleworth P, Fisher A: The Heart Surgery Forum Vol 9, Issue 6, October 2006 Successful aortic arch operations… Read More »Comprehensive Cerebral Protection during Operations involving the Aortic Arch
— Gaudiani VA, Grunkemeier GL, Castro LJ, Fisher AL, Wu Y The Heart Surgery Forum Vol 7, Issue 2, 2004 Many patients are advised to… Read More »The Risks and Benefits of Reoperative Aortic Valve Replacement
— The Heart Surgery Forum, Volume 7, Issue 4, 2004 The objective of this paper is to evaluate the operative results of mitral valve repair… Read More »Mitral Valve Operations through Standard and Smaller Incisions
— Gaudiani VA, Castro LJ, Fisher AL, The Heart Surgery Forum Vol 6, Issue 6, 2003 Biventricular pacing (resynchronization therapy) improves the duration and quality… Read More »Biventricular Pacing during Cardiac Operations
— Castro LJ, Arcidi JM, Fisher AL, Gaudiani VA, Annals of Thoracic Surgery; 76:31-6, July 2002 We routinely use aortic root enlargement (ARE) as part… Read More »Routine Enlargement of the Small Aortic Root: A Preventive Strategy to Minimize Mismatch
Cardiac Nurse Sylvia Beach has worked with the cardiac surgery team since 1988. She serves as our clinical coordinator and liason between our surgeons and… Read More »Sylvia Beach, RN
Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Tomomi Oka worked with the Physician Foundation at California Pacific Medical Center in 2007 and then joined the Palo Alto Medical Foundation… Read More »Tomomi Oka, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon Dr. Vial is a lifelong resident of the Bay Area. He serves as the cardiothoracic surgeon for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and… Read More »Conrad M. Vial, MD
Cardiac Surgeon After graduating medical school and residency from Loyola Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Dr. James Zimmerman was invited to participate in one of… Read More »James Zimmerman, MD
Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Vincent Gaudiani is the senior cardiac surgeon at Pacific Coast Cardiac & Vascular Surgeons. He is Surgeon-in-Chief of the California Pacific Medical… Read More »Vincent A. Gaudiani, MD