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

Commentary: Can we predict late coronary events after arterial switch operation? A question without a simple answer.

(Hraska V, Goot BH.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 04;161(4):1405-1406 PMID: 32741632 08/04/2020
Commentary: Incomplete data and inertia: Neither silences the tolling bell of corrected transposition.

(Woods RK, Hraska V.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 03;161(3):1095-1096 PMID: 33342572 12/22/2020
Novel Choices of Cannula for Blood Delivery via Femoral Artery in Pediatric Patients.

(Yamamoto T, Saito T, Shiraishi S, Asfour B, Hraska V, Schindler E.) Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Sep 30 PMID: 32998168 10/01/2020
Commentary: Lymphatic fluid flows uphill in both hemispheres-and leaks in the same places.

(Woods RK, Hraska V.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug 15 PMID: 32900477 09/10/2020
Interventions Associated With Treatment of Low Cardiac Output After Stage 1 Norwood Palliation.

(Hoffman GM, Niebler RA, Scott JP, Bertrandt RA, Wakeham MK, Thompson NE, Ghanayem NS, Stuth EA, Mitchell ME, Woods RK, Hraska V, Mussatto KA, Tweddell JS.) Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jul 08 PMID: 32652068 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85095846624 07/12/2020
Evolving understanding of total artificial heart support of young infants and children.

(Woods RK, Kindel S, Mitchell ME, Hraska V, Niebler RA.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 03;159(3):1075-1082 PMID: 31669029 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85074416808 11/02/2019
Innominate Vein Turn-down Procedure for Failing Fontan Circulation.

(Hraska V, Mitchell ME, Woods RK, Hoffman GM, Kindel SJ, Ginde S.) Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2020;23:34-40 PMID: 32354545 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85080101619 05/02/2020
Mitral Valve Surgery in Neonates, Infants, and Children: Surgical Approach, Outcomes, and Predictors.

(Isaacson E, Lucjak C, Johnson WK, Yin Z, Wang T, Rein L, Woods RK, Tweddell JS, Hraska V, Mitchell ME.) Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Autumn;32(3):541-550 PMID: 31972302 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85079867076 01/24/2020
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. 2020 01;109(1):155-162 PMID: 31404548 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85075400764 08/14/2019
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. 2020;32(1):119-125 PMID: 31404609 PMCID: PMC7007819 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85071455853 08/14/2019
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 12;108(6):1865-1874 PMID: 31400337 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85074440821 08/11/2019
Cardiopulmonary bypass method with blood delivery via femoral artery cannulation for pediatric aortic arch repair.

(Yamamoto T, Schindler E, Asfour B, Hraska V.) Paediatr Anaesth. 2019 08;29(8):885-886 PMID: 31166055 06/06/2019

Congenital Heart Surgery