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RILEY HEART CENTER
Home to a high-volume, nationally ranked pediatric cardiology program, Riley Children’s Health delivers the full continuum of cardiac care from fetuses and premature infants to adults with congenital heart disease. Achieving exceptional patient outcomes, the Riley Heart Center has experienced significant growth in recent years. In addition to offering specialists in every clinical area of cardiology, we are active in research to address unmet needs in pediatric cardiology. CARDIOLOGY
Under the leadership of John J. Parent, MD , Riley Children’s participated in the Fight DMD Trial evaluating efficacy and safety of oral ifetroban in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The open-label extension is ongoing.
32 research publications in 2025
The Cardiac Stepdown Unit at Riley Children’s achieves exceptional patient outcomes. Source: Pediatric Cardiac Acute Care Collaborative (PAC3); Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2025
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Complication rate (Any complication; unadjusted) Riley Children’s: 9.5 PAC3 aggregate: 10.9
Fetal Cardiology Program Partners in the Fetal Center, our cardiologists offer in-depth diagnostic imaging, evaluation and consultation during pregnancy. Cardiac Psychology Program Inpatient and outpatient program offers assessment and psychotherapeutic intervention for patients coping with acute or chronic heart conditions, procedures, and emergent events/trauma. Cardiovascular Genetics Program Fully integrated CV genetics program provides testing, evaluation and consultation for the full spectrum of heritable heart conditions.
Pulmonary Hypertension Program Cardiology and pulmonology partnership provides expert, coordinated care for children with pulmonary hypertension as a primary diagnosis or resulting from another medical condition.
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: August 2025 Regional four-dimensional cardiac magnetic resonance strain predicts cardiomyopathy progression in Duchenne muscular dystrophy Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography: December 2025 Prenatal prediction of symptoms in fetuses with vascular ring: A novel echocardiographic marker The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation: April 2025 The ACTION VAD registry: A collective five-year experience
■ Statewide access to pediatric cardiology care with 12 outreach locations across Indiana – Performs more than 3,000 fetal echocardiograms annually at eight locations – Partners with more than 40 hospitals statewide to interpret echocardiogram studies ■ Only formalized comprehensive adult congenital heart disease program in Indiana; program accredited by the Adult Congenital Heart Association ■ Accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission ; member of the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative ; named a Center of Excellence for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ■ Riley Heart Center meets the criteria of a “Comprehensive Care Center,” a top-tier designation based on updated pediatric heart surgery national standards *
Hospital mortality rate (Unadjusted) Riley Children’s: 0.26 PAC3 aggregate: 0.60
One of only 11 pediatric centers in the nation to be accredited as a Pulmonary Hypertension Center of Comprehensive Care
7-day unplanned hospital readmission rate (Unadjusted) Riley Children’s: 4.62 PAC3 aggregate: 4.95
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Cardiac Rehabilitation Program We offer Indiana’s only pediatric cardiac rehab program (both inpatient and outpatient). Our outpatient program, designed for children and teens recovering from heart transplant surgery, is a medically supervised program that helps patients build
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Riley Children’s offers the only comprehensive CV genetics testing and pediatric cardiac rehabilitation programs in Indiana.
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INTERIM DIVISION CHIEF Michael W. Johansen, DO Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, IU School of Medicine > Connect with Dr. Johansen on Doximity.
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* Recommendations for centers performing pediatric heart surgery in the United States
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