Viktor Hraska, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Wisconsin; Surgical Director, Herma Heart Institute; Professor and Chief, Pediatric Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin
Locations
- Herma Heart Institute
9000 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Biography
Dr. Hraska is a world-renowned pediatric cardiovascular surgeon who brings vast clinical, teaching and research expertise to his new roles with our organization. He trained in Czechoslovakia, Slovakia and Germany and at Boston Children’s Hospital – completing residencies in anesthesia, cardiology, surgery and vascular surgery, and fellowships in cardiac surgery and pediatric cardiac surgery. Dr. Hraska regularly lectures worldwide on pediatric cardiac surgery topics and has published extensively, including books, book chapters and articles. He served as surgeon-in-chief for the German Pediatric Heart Center in Sankt Augustin, Germany, and he is the Congenital Heart Disease chair of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, an organization dedicated to raising standards for operative outcomes through research and training in Europe.
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Certifications
- Congenital Heart Surgery
Specialties
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
Languages
- English
- German
- Slovakian
- Russian
Publications
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Safety and Efficacy of Vasopressin After Fontan Completion: A Randomized Pilot Study.
(Bigelow AM, Ghanayem NS, Thompson NE, Scott JP, Cassidy LD, Woods KJ, Woods RK, Mitchell ME, Hraŝka V, Hoffman GM.) Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Dec;108(6):1865-1874.
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Commentary: Single ventricle patients and shunts-ACute event is not pretty.
(Woods RK, Hraska V.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Oct;158(4):1154-1155.
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Identification of Time-Dependent Risks of Hemodynamic States After Stage 1 Norwood Palliation.
(Hoffman GM, Scott JP, Ghanayem NS, Stuth EA, Mitchell ME, Woods RK, Hraska V, Niebler RA, Bertrandt RA, Mussatto KA, Tweddell JS.) Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Aug 09.
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Norwood Procedure-Difficulty in Weaning From Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Implications for Outcomes.
(Gellings JA, Johnson WK, Ghanayem NS, Mitchell M, Tweddell J, Hoffman G, Hraska V, Kuhn EM, Woods RK.) Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Aug 09.
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(Yamamoto T, Schindler E, Asfour B, Hraska V.) Paediatr Anaesth. 2019 Aug;29(8):885-886.
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Hybrid Palliation as a Bridge to Biventricular Repair in Critical Aortic Stenosis With Coarctation.
(Handler SS, Buelow M, Bergstrom C, Frommelt PC, Hraska V.) Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Jun;107(6):e395-e396.
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Double-orifice (DO) repair of Ebstein tricuspid valve: Just DO it!
(Woods RK, Hraska V.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb;157(2):e51.
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Anatomic Repair of Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries: The Double Switch.
(Hraska V, Woods RK.) Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2019;22:57-60.
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(St Louis JD, Timkovich N, Lenderman S, Jonas RA, Guleserian KJ, Tchervenkov CI, Jacobs JP, Austin EH, Plunkett MD, Myers JL, Hraska V, Sinha P, O'Brien JE Jr, Jacobs ML, Kirklin JK.) Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019;31(2):230-233.
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Aortic stenosis of the neonate: A single-center experience.
(Vergnat M, Asfour B, Arenz C, Suchowerskyj P, Bierbach B, Schindler E, Schneider M, Hraska V.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 01;157(1):318-326.e1.
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Multiple Ventricular Septal Defects - Strategy, Sandwich, and Vanishing Bands.
(Hraska V, Woods RK.) Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019;31(1):97-98.
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A new method for implanting a total artifical heart in the patient with a Fontan circulation.
(Woods RK, Niebler R, Kindel S, Troshynski T, Joyce LD, Hraska V.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 01;157(1):353-355.