Gastrostomy tube placement among infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome undergoing stage 1 palliation.

Parthak ProdhanXinyu TangJeffrey GossettBrandon BeamJanet M SimsicNancy GhanayemNahed O ElHassan

Published in: Congenital heart disease (2018)

The gastrostomy procedure did not place infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome at higher risk of mortality. These infants should be considered for gastrostomy tube placement if they had persistent difficulty in oral feeding following stage 1 palliation.

Keyphrases

heart failure
case report
atrial fibrillation
ultrasound guided
risk factors
minimally invasive
type diabetes