Jiri Horak, MD
Jiri Horak, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Anethesiology and Critical Care
3400 Spruce Street - 680 Dulles Bldg
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anethesiology and Critical Care
3400 Spruce Street - 680 Dulles Bldg
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Fax: 215-349-8133
Email:
horakj@uphs.upenn.edu
horakj@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
MD
Purkynje University, School of Medicine, Brno, Czech Republic , 1988.
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Purkynje University, School of Medicine, Brno, Czech Republic , 1988.
Selected Publications
Kofke WA, Horak J, Stiefel M, Pascual J: Viable oxygenation with cannula-over-needle cricothyrotomy for asphyxial airway occlusion. British Journal of Anaesthesia 107: 642-3, 2011.Vernick WJ, Hargrove WC, Augoustides JG, Horak J: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy associated with cardiac arrest following cardiac surgery: new variants of an unusual syndrome Journal of Cardiac Surgery 25(6): 679-83, Nov 2010.
Vernick CA, Horak J, Greshner A, Vernick WJ: The Fontan circulation and right parietal craniotomy for seizures: the challenges of adult congenital heart disease Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 22(6): 460-5, Sept 2010.
Floyd TF, Horak J: Con: Tight perioperative glycemic control Journal of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 23(6): 906-8, Dec 2009.
Frogel J, Vodur S, Horak J: Transesophageal echocardiography diagnosis of extracardiac left ventricular assist device inflow cannula obstruction in a patient with thoratec intracorporeal ventricular assist device biventricular support Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 21(6): 777.e5-6, June 2008.
Weil DP, Stearns JD, Watson T, Horak J: An unusual fatal reaction to a test dose of aprotinin before elective thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair European Journal of Anaesthesiology 25(4): 346-8, Apr 2008.
Frogel J, Vodur S, Horak J: TEE Diagnosis of Extra-Cardiac LVAD Inflow Cannula Obstruction in a Patient with Thoratec IVAD Biventricular Support. Accepted. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 21(6): 777.e5-777.e6, 2007.
Atluri P, Neligan PJ, Acker MA, Bensall DL, Horak J: Prone positioning to treat acute severe pulmonary edema in the post-cardiac surgical patient: a case report Heart Surgery Forum 9(5): E762-4, 2006.
Augoustides JG, Horak J, Ochroch AE, Vernick WJ, Gambone AJ, Weiner J, Pinchasik D, Kowalchuk D, Savino JS, Jobes DR: A randomized controlled clinical trial of real-time needle-guided ultrasound for internal jugular venous cannulation in a large university anesthesia department Journal of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 19(3): 310-5, June 2005.
Augoustides J, Mancini DJ, Horak J, Pochettino A, Dupont F, Dowling RD: CASE 1-2003. The use of intraoperative echocardiography during insertion of ventricular assist devices Journal of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 17(1): 113-20, Feb 2003.