Heart Center Programs

Lurie Children’s Heart Center offers the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program to help give teenagers and adults who were born with heart defects the best cardiac care possible.

Lurie Children’s Heart Center monitors and cares for more than 100 infants, children and teenagers with bicuspid aortic valve disease, the most common form of congenital heart disease.

Lurie Children's Heart Center performs more than 18,000 echocardiograms and 2,000 fetal echocardiograms annually to diagnose acquired and congenital heart conditions.

When children are diagnosed with serious heart conditions, Lurie Children's Priority Second Opinion Program offers parents the second or third opinion they’re looking for by bringing together the options of a diverse team of healthcare specialists.

Lurie Children’s team of respiratory therapists, physical therapists and occupational therapist work together to ensure the best outcomes for patients after treatment for heart and lung injury, disease or malformation.

The Cardiovascular Bridge Program at Lurie Children’s Heart Center works with patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease in transition to the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine.

Lurie Children's Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic, with experts in pediatric and adult cardiology, as well as genetics, is designed to evaluate and treat families with genetic heart disease.

Lurie Children's Heart Center's renowned cardiothoracic surgery team provides comprehensive surgical care for all congenital and acquired cardiac defects.

Since 1979, Lurie Children's Division of Infectious Diseases has cared for more than 1,600 children with Kawasaki disease. The Center, established in 1998, is internationally known as one of the most active centers of research of the disease.

Lurie Children’s Chest Wall Deformities Program offers comprehensive care for children with chest wall abnormalities such as pectus excavatum (sunken chest) and pectus carinatum (pigeon chest).

Lurie Children’s Complex Congenital Heart Disease Care Center offers a multidisciplinary approach to care for children with a wide range of complex congenital heart defects.

Lurie Children’s Connective Tissue Disorder Program provides comprehensive care and genetic counseling to more than 200 patients with disorders of the connective tissue, such as Marfan syndrome.