Our Distinctive Philosophy

1. Provide superior comprehensive care
2. Utilize state-of-the-art technology
3. Serve the community (national and international)

Our highest priority

A focus on superior care distinguishes the staff at The Children's Heart Center, a member of The Care Group. At our institution, only fully trained board-certified physicians are entrusted in the care of your child. Children benefit directly from the expertise of not only our pediatric cardiologists, but the pediatric intensivists and hospitalists, pediatric anesthesiologists and a faculty of highly trained pediatric specialists and sub-specialists at the Peyton Manning St.Vincent Children's Hospital.

• Our pediatric intensive care physicians' (intensivists) care for children in the pediatric intensive care unit. They provide support 24-hours a day, 7 days a week and are available to respond quickly to your child's needs.
• Our pediatric intensive care unit offers a suite of private rooms, state of the art monitoring equipment, and our RN nursing staff are dedicated to the care of pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery patients.
• All pediatric staff are certified in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
• Pediatric intensive care nurses have an average of 12 years of experience in pediatrics-(some of the most experienced pediatric ICU nurses in Indiana)
• Our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is the only central Indiana provider active in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Evaluation System (PICUES). This national benchmarking system helps define the quality of care for which providers across the country strive to meet.

State of the Art Technology

The Peyton Manning St.Vincent Children's Hospital offers highly specialized diagnostic and surgical capabilities, utilizing the most sophisticated technology available.

• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)- A treatment available for prolonged heart-lung support. We are one of two pediatric centers in the state capable of providing this support.
• Nitric Oxide-A new treatment available for persistent pulmonary hypertension and children not responding to full ventilatory support. 
• Ventilation support-including jet and oscillation therapy
• Pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory- The pediatric bi-plane cardiac catheterization lab to produces "cine-less" images. This reduces radiation exposure for the child and the physician.
• Tele-Medicine Echocardiography- The first pediatric center in the state to transmit echocardiographic images from an outlying hospital. This enables prompt diagnosis and treatment for critically ill children outside Indianapolis.
• The largest and highest volume neonatal intensive care unit in the state.

Sharing The Vision

We recognize the need for subspecialty expertise beyond the immediate community and the importance of treating children close to home. Our cardiologists care for children at the following clinics throughout Indiana:

Overseas Ministry
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Consistent with Peyton Manning St.Vincent Children's Hospital mission, The Children's Heart Center also provides care to children from several underserved areas throughout the world. With the help of Samaritans Purse, The Rotary Club and The Timmy Foundation, we have provided heart surgery to children from Bosnia, Kosovo, Haiti, Honduras and Mongolia at no charge to their families. This is the only hope of treatment for these children. Without surgery, they have little chance of reaching adulthood.