Cardiovascular Surgery

As one of the top five National Centers delivering care for pediatric heart disorders, Riley Hospital for Children has an outstanding reputation for the treatment of congenital heart defects for over the past 40 years. Riley Hospital for Children offers a full range of diagnostics, surgery and follow up care through many interdisciplinary teams.

We care for children with congenital heart disease living in Indiana, across the United States, and from around the world.

The Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is fully equipped to handle newborn infant cardiac surgical patients. The Cardiothoracic Surgery team works very closely with the Pediatric Anesthesia, ICU and Cardiology staff on the daily postoperative surgical management of our patients.

Children are brought to Riley Hospital for a wide range of congenital heart treatments, including surgery. Heart transplants may be offered to newborns and children of all ages after special evaluation, and are determined to be medically in need of this therapy. If the child's cardiac condition can not be repaired with surgical therapy, then cardiac transplantation will be considered. For the best possible care, treatment of children's' cardiac issues requires an integrated 'team' approach. Riley Hospital for Children Cardiac Surgery Services has the team to care for any child with a heart condition.

Riley Hospital for Children joined with Methodist Hospital and IU Hospital to form Clarian Health Partners Inc. in January 1997. Physicians who practice at Riley Hospital for Children are affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine.

[Keywords:congenital heart defects, Cardiovascular Surgery, congenital heart treatment, heart transplants]