Herma Heart Center Overview
Herma Heart Center at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is one of the nation's top programs for medical and surgical treatment of congenital heart defects and children's heart disease.
Research studies have shown that programs with larger numbers of cardiac procedures demonstrate better outcomes. As one of the largest pediatric cardiac programs in the United States, we take pride in our excellent surgical results. From the straightforward atrial septal defect (ASD) closure to the more complicated Norwood procedure to treat hypoplastic left heart syndrome, we have set national benchmarks for surgical outcomes.
In addition, we offer state-of-the-art equipment to diagnose children's heart defects, including fetal echocardiography.
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| Patrick Atwell, age 5, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome | Herma Heart Center outcomes include:
- Best published survival rate for the Norwood Procedure in the world. (Reference: Circulation, Volume 104 (17), Suppl. II, p. 670.)
- Survival rates of greater than 98 percent for all cardiac operations for five consecutive years. (Specific data per defect available upon request)
- More than 700 pediatric heart surgeries performed in 2005.
- Nearly 12,000 total diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical procedures performed annually.
- Compared to several other leading pediatric cardiac programs, Herma Heart Center at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin had the best severity-adjusted inpatient survival rate overall and the best survival for patients in the most complex category, 2001-2004. (Survival rate defined as survival to hospital discharge and/or survival to 30 days postop).
We offer every type of cardiac intervention - medication, cardiac catheterization (cath lab) procedures including device closures for heart defects, pediatric heart surgery as well as heart transplantation. There is no case we need to turn away.
Below are just some of the heart defects and problems we treat:
Aortic stenosis
Atrial septal defect (ASD)
Atrioventricular canal (AV canal or AVC)
Coarctation of the aorta
Congestive heart failure
Electrophysiology/arrythmias
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)/single ventricle
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
Pulmonary atresia (PA)
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary stenosis
Rhythm problems
Tetralogy of Fallot
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA)
Tricuspid atresia (TA)
Truncus arteriosus
Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
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