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Children's Memorial Heart Center

When Carmen's heart began to fail at age 5, her family found Children's Memorial. The little girl received a complex surgical procedure that ultimately saved her life. Read more.

As home to the region's largest pediatric heart care program, the Heart Center at Children's Memorial Hospital offers you and your child compassionate, comprehensive care. Our team includes cardiologists, cardiovascular-thoracic surgeons, anesthesiologists, intensivists, perfusionists, advanced practice nurses, technologists and more − all experienced professionals specially trained to care for children and their families.

Our multidisciplinary approach combines several divisions, programs and services including: 

  • Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular-thoracic surgery
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Electrophysiology
  • Heart failure and transplant
  • Marfan syndrome program
  • Radiofrequency ablation
  • Fetal health
  • Adult congenital program
  • Dedicated cardiac intensive care

    Our nine-bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit focuses only on postoperative cardiovascular surgery patients and critically ill cardiology patients.

    Multiple locations

    The most acute and technologically advanced care is available at the main hospital. The center's pediatric specialists also deliver leading-edge cardiac care at several conveniently located suburban Chicago locations.

    Family-centered care

    We help families with insurance certification, hospital paperwork and serve as liaisons for directed blood donations and pre-operative scheduling. Our center also offers numerous pediatric professionals to help families navigate their healthcare experience here. Learn more about Family Services and the hospital's unique approach to family-centered care.

    National recogition

    Ranked 12th in the nation by U.S.News & World Report for pediatric heart care and heart surgery, we are the only pediatric cardiac program in Illinois on the 2009 list.


    Content last reviewed: March 2010

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