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

Parthak Prodhan¹, Xinyu Tang², Jeffrey Gossett², Brandon Beam³, Janet Simsic⁴, Nancy Ghanayem⁵, Nahed O. ElHassan⁶

1 Pediatric Cardiology/Pediatric Critical Care, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
2 Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
3 Bioinformatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
4 Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
5 Cardiac Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin/ Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
6 Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

* Corresponding Author: Parthak Prodhan, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, 1 Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 72202. Email: