Evaluation of an Outpatient and Telehealth Initiative to Reduce Tube Dependency in Infants with Complex Congenital Heart Disease.

Infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) often require supplemental nutrition via tube feeding, even after corrective surgical repair. The need for tube feeding can persist months after discharge home, and outpatient weaning from the tube can be a slow and difficult process. Lack of consensus exists in the literature as to the best approach to this challenge.