Highly skilled cardiac critical care at Riley Children’s Health
- Riley Children’s Health pediatric cardiology and heart surgery is ranked 6th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and recognized as the Midwest’s best hospital for children’s heart care.
- At Riley Children’s, cardiac critical care physicians practice in a high‐volume, high‐acuity cardiac intensive care unit providing specialized care for critically ill newborns, infants, children, and adolescents with congenital and acquired heart disease.
- Riley Children’s is the only program in Indiana to offer pediatric heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support capability and an extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) program.
About the Riley Heart Center
- Riley Children's is home to one of the nation's leading pediatric heart centers, the Riley Heart Center, providing expertise, experience, and resources to care for infants, children, and adults with congenital or acquired heart disease through a unique integrated care model. Designated by U.S. News & World Report as the Midwest’s best
hospital for children’s heart care, the Riley Heart Center offers collaborative care across specialties to create comprehensive solutions for common and complex heart problems alike.
- The collaborative model and high volume of patients provide both an exciting clinical experience for the intensivists as well as a supportive environment and wealth of research and teaching opportunities for academic faculty.
- The Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CICU) is a world‐ class 23 bed unit providing expert care for critically ill newborns, infants, children and adolescents with congenital or acquired heart disease. The Riley CICU treats more than 600 inpatient admissions annually.
-Riley Children Health is a designated Platinum Level Center of Excellence by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization