Norton Children’s Heart Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, is a pioneer in complex pediatric cardiothoracic surgery.

The American Board of Thoracic Surgery has certified the cardiothoracic surgeons at Norton Children’s Hospital with subspecialty certification in congenital heart surgery.

The experienced specialists at Norton Children’s Heart Institute have the skills and state-of-the-art equipment to provide top-notch cardiothoracic surgical care. Your physician will work as a team with other specialists in cardiology, critical care, anesthesiology and other areas to prepare a customized treatment plan for your child.

Surgical procedures performed by our specialists include:

• Ablation
• Anomalous left coronary artery reimplantation
• Aortic valve repair
• Arterial switch operation
• Atrioventricular septal defect repair
• Atrial septal defect closure
• Balloon angioplasty
• Balloon valvuloplasty
• Biventricular repair
• Blalock-Taussig shunt
• Cardiac catheterization diagnostic procedures
• Cardiac resynchronization therapy
• Coarctation of the aorta repair
• Complex ablations
• Complex anatomical lead placement
• Complex single ventricle repairs
• Damus-Kaye-Stansel procedure
• Defibrillator placement
• Double inlet left ventricle repair
• Ebstein anomaly repair
• Endovascular stent implantation
• Fontan procedure
• Glenn procedure
• Hybrid heart procedures
• Interrupted aortic arch repair
• Interventional cardiac catheterization
• Loop recorder implantation
• Marfan syndrome repair
• Melody valve implantation
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Mitral valve stenosis or prolapse repair
• Norwood procedure
• Open heart surgery
• Pacemaker
• Partial anomalous pulmonary venous repair
• Patent ductus arteriosus closure
• Pulmonary atresia repair
• Pulmonary stenosis repair
• Ross procedure
• Sano shunt
• Sapien valve implantation
• Septal myectomy
• Tetralogy of Fallot repair
• Total anomalous pulmonary venous repair
• Transposition of the great arteries, D-type, repair
• Tricuspid atresia repair
• Truncus arteriosus repair
• Vascular ring repair
• Ventricular assist device implantation
• Ventricular septal defect closure

Why Choose Norton Children’s Heart Institute

• Norton Children’s Hospital has been a pioneer in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, performing Kentucky’s first pediatric heart transplant in 1986 and becoming the second site in the United States to perform an infant heart transplant.
• The American Board of Thoracic Surgery has certified our cardiothoracic surgeons in congenital heart surgery.
• The Adult Congenital Heart Association has accredited Norton Children’s Heart Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program as the only comprehensive care center in Kentucky and Indiana treating adults born with a heart defect.
• More than 5,000 children a year visit Norton Children’s Heart Institute for advanced heart care.
• Norton Children’s Heart Institute has offices across Kentucky and Southern Indiana to bring quality pediatric heart care closer to home.
• The Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Norton Children’s Hospital is the largest dedicated CICU in Kentucky, equipped with 17 private rooms and the newest technology available for heart care.