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 heart disease in children. With an experienced team of pediatric cardiologists, surgeons and specialists, it's easy to see why many families choose to visit the Herma Heart Center.
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:
- One of the nation's top programs for medical and surgical treatment of congenital heart defects and children's heart disease.
- Consistently higher survival rate for all children undergoing heart surgery and a significantly higher survival rate than the Society of Thoracic Surgeons comparative population.
- Best published survival rates worldwide for treating hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
- Annually performs more than 700 cardiothoracic surgeries and a total of nearly 13,000 diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical procedures, making it one of the largest pediatric cardiac programs in the U.S.
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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