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Aurora, CO 80045
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Heart Institute
As the region’s leader in congenital and pediatric heart care, we provide extraordinary care and exceptional outcomes.
About the Heart Institute
When a heart condition unsettles your family, we meet you with expertise, compassion and stability. At Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Heart Institute, we provide expert care for people with congenital and acquired heart disease — from before birth through adulthood. As one of the highest-volume pediatric heart centers in the country and ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report, we consistently deliver exceptional outcomes that exceed national benchmarks — even for the most complex conditions. With dedicated cardiac units staffed 24/7, we offer around-the-clock, coordinated care. And because families deserve transparency, we openly share our surgical volumes and outcomes so you can feel confident you brought your child to the right place.
#1
In Colorado and the region by U.S. News & World Report
#2
In the nation by U.S. News & World Report
760+
Cardiac surgeries in 2025
What sets us apart in children’s heart care
Care when you need it
Care when you need it
Heart care from before birth through adulthood
From early diagnosis through our Fetal Cardiology Program to lifelong care through our nationally accredited Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, we treat patients at every age and every stage. Babies delivered at our Colorado Fetal Care Center have immediate access to our cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) and surgical team just steps away. This fully integrated model ensures seamless care from pregnancy through adulthood — so children born with heart disease grow up with the same expert team by their side for life.
Top cardiologists and surgeons
Top cardiologists and surgeons
Leaders in heart surgery and heart transplant
No two children are the same, and neither are their hearts. Whether it's delicate heart repairs for newborns or open-heart surgery, our surgeons create an individualized plan just for your child. As a national referral center for the most complex cases, we provide expert care through ventricular assist devices and ECMO programs, providing children a bridge to recovery or a transplant. We also publish our outcomes for heart surgery and heart transplants so families know they've found the right place.
Comprehensive care through specialized programs
Comprehensive care through specialized programs
Pediatric heart programs and clinics
Our multidisciplinary programs and clinics cover a range of conditions and bring different specialists together to provide complete care. If we know a heart condition also affects your child’s breathing and liver function, we’ll work with experts in those areas to address your child’s entire health. This collaborative approach helps provide a unique picture of your child’s condition so we can develop the best treatment plan. From genetics to neurodevelopment, our center has a range of resources to ensure kids meet every milestone and thrive.
Research that drives success
Research that drives success
Pediatric heart research helping us deliver advanced care
Through our research, we’re learning how to use the most modern technology to provide the best treatment possible. Advanced imaging technology like 3D echocardiography, fetal cardiac MRI and augmented reality helps us plan and perform procedures with greater precision, even before a baby is born. As a leading pediatric heart research center, our research and the clinical trials we offer ensure our patients receive the most advanced and modern treatments available.
Making care convenient
Making care convenient
Keeping families close to home for heart care
In addition to multiple centers across Colorado, we also provide more than 20 outreach clinics and telehealth options across surrounding states. To provide the best heart care to the most kids possible, without disrupting their lives, our heart specialists offer care via telehealth and dozens of outreach clinics to bring our expertise to you.
Why choose us for congenital and pediatric heart care
In addition to our high ranking in the region and country, the Heart Institute is one of the highest-volume congenital heart programs in the U.S. With 20,000 visits every year, our cardiac team members are very experienced in delivering compassionate care and excellent services. We perform nearly 800 cardiac surgeries every year and our Heart Transplant Program has performed hundreds of heart transplants with outcomes that consistently beat the national average. Our dedicated cardiac units — Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Cardiac Progressive Care Unit — are staffed 24/7, and we offer around-the-clock, coordinated care.
Our outcomes consistently exceed national benchmarks — even for the most complex cases. We’re also the only heart program in the region that openly shares our surgical volumes and results, because families deserve transparency and trust. Those outcomes also include the lifesaving heart transplants we perform. Whether you are visiting one of our outpatient clinics, coming in for testing, a procedure, or surgery, you can be sure your care will be just right.
100+
Cardiologists and advanced practice providers
500+
Dedicated cardiac team members
91.2%
Survival rate for the most complex surgeries (6.6% better than the national average)
Who we treat at the Heart Institute
As one of the most complete children’s heart centers in the country, we care for children with virtually any heart condition. We have some of the best outcomes in the country for babies diagnosed with a congenital heart condition before birth, kids and teens with various heart conditions, adults with congenital heart disease and everyone in between.
Contact the Heart Institute
If you have any questions about our heart care or to request an appointment, please call 720-777-6820. Find our various Heart Institute locations.
Get to know our pediatric experts.
Aimee Curtis, CPNP
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
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Kathryn Chatfield, MD
Clinical Genetics and Genomics - General, Cardiology - Pediatric, Pediatrics
Andrew Headrick, MD, MPH
Cardiology - Pediatric
Shanna Newman, RN
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
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Patient stories
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When other hospitals didn’t align with this family’s expectations, they found one heart transplant program that would go the extra mile, in the mile-high city.
Looking for a second opinion?
Heart conditions vary widely in type and severity — and differ greatly from children to adults. A heart transplant is a big step and it’s important to make sure you’ve looked at every option for your child. And if our experts agree that your child does need a heart transplant, you’ll already be in the right place.
Shaping the future of heart care
We're equipped with state-of-the-art technology and renowned for our excellent outcomes. But we won’t stop there. Despite incredible progress, congenital heart disease remains the most common birth defect, and patients need lifetime care.
We continue to explore what's possible, all thanks to your donations.
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