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RILEY HEART CENTER
With 155 years of combined surgical experience, the cardiovascular surgeons at Riley Children’s Health treat and manage the full spectrum of heart defects—from the most common to the most rare and complex. Practicing at the highest level of board certification, our heart surgeons offer a degree of expertise found only in the most advanced pediatric hospitals. CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
30-day Survival: 2023 – 2025 Index
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery: May 2026 Pulmonary autograft mitral valve replacement (Ross II procedure): More than two decades of follow-up from a single center in the United States World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery: November 2025 Outcomes and predictors of failure of systemic-to-pulmonary shunts: Experience of a single institution over 14 years World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery: July 2025 Right atrial rhabdomyosarcoma; 35-year disease-free survival following radical resection with right internal thoracic artery bypass The Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management: July 2025 Preserved subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator function following septal myectomy and coronary artery unroofing in a pediatric patient with severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
All
operations †††
operations
99%
96%
2023
98%
96%
2024
99%
98%
2025
Premier programs
TOP DISTINCTIONS
††† The first cardiac operation of a hospitalization
■ Cardiovascular Genetics Program ■ Aortopathy Program ■ Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program ■ Cardiac Rehabilitation Program ■ Single Ventricle Home Monitoring Program ■ Ventricular Assist Device Home Monitoring Program ■ Fontan Program
■ Exceptional heart transplant outcomes – One-year patient survival remains at 100%; exceeds the national average. * – Three-year patient survival is 90%; exceeds the national average. * – Our surgeons are performing more transplants for patients with neonatal Marfan’s syndrome. ■ Only pediatric and adult congenital heart transplant program in Indiana; program accredited by the Adult Congenital Heart Association ■ Seven decades of experience with right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction ■ Riley Heart Center meets the criteria of a “Comprehensive Care Center,” a top-tier designation based on updated pediatric heart surgery national standards **
Postoperative Overall Complications The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Participant Dashboard for period July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025
No complications identified Riley Children’s 59.09% STS overall 53.52%
One or more complications identified Riley Children’s 40.91% STS overall 45.94%
Our surgeons are able to minimize cross-clamp time and in nearly all categories achieve less time on bypass than the national average.
Median CPB and Cross Clamp Time for Select Procedures (in minutes) ††
Advanced therapies and procedures ■ Dedicated simulation lab that includes training on ventricular assist devices ■ Pioneer in using the Berlin Heart to manage pediatric heart failure; only Indiana program to offer it Operative and Adjusted Operative Mortality ***
CPB TIME
RILEY CHILDREN’S
STS
49.5
47 76
ASD
64 97
VSD
109 140
Coarctation
106
AV Canal, Complete
EXPECTED MORTALITY RILEY CHILDREN’S
OBSERVED MORTALITY RILEY CHILDREN’S
NEONATES/INFANTS/ CHILDREN/ADULTS
STS OVERALL
64
104.5
Aortic Valvuloplasty
153 149
162 165
TGA with IVS, Switch
All STAT Mortality Categories STAT Category 1 (Least risk)
3.07%
3.43%
2.65%
Norwood
CROSS-CLAMP TIME
RILEY CHILDREN’S
STS
0.61%
0.65%
0.62%
26 35 37 74
25 50 43
ASD
DIVISION CHIEF Mark W. Turrentine, MD John W. Brown Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, IU School of Medicine Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network primary surgeon > Connect with Dr. Turrentine on Doximity.
1.80%
1.26%
1.95%
STAT Category 2
VSD
Coarctation
3.99%
5.00%
3.25%
STAT Category 3
107
AV Canal, Complete
Riley Children’s is ranked among the top programs in the nation for complex pediatric heart surgery volume. Source: U.S. News & World Report
8.51%
6.78%
7.32%
STAT Category 4
35.5
72
Aortic Valvuloplasty
STAT Category 5 (Most risk)
17.91%
33.90%
15.44%
73 52
101
TGA with IVS, Switch
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71
Norwood
Note: Per STS, observed mortality is as expected based on institution’s case mix.
One-year operative mortality rate at Riley Children’s is lower than STS (1.59% vs. 2.39%). †
†† Source: Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Harvest Report, published December 2025 for period ending June 30, 2025
* Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) Tables C19D and C20D, released Jan. 6, 2026, for period July 1, 2022 -- Dec. 31, 2024 (one year) and Jan. 1, 2020 – March 12, 2020, and June 13, 2020 – June 30, 2022 (three year) ** Recommendations for centers performing pediatric heart surgery in the United States *** Source: Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Table 16, Harvest Report, published December 2025 for period ending June 30, 2025 † Source: Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Table 1, Harvest Report, published December 2025 for period ending June 30, 2025
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