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    New research using data from ACC’s LAAO Registry to assess long-term stroke and mortality rates in patients following left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) with the Watchman device was part of late-breaking science presented at ESC Congress 2023. The study, presented by James V. Freeman, MD, MPH, MS, FACC, from Yale School of Medicine, assessed data from 34,975 patients (mean age 77.5 years; 41.8% female) in the LAAO Registry from Jan. 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2019. Researchers linked data to Medicare

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    Structural Heart Disease Intervention (SHDI) is one of the fastest-growing medical fields. This discipline is highly predicated upon preprocedural and intraprocedural imaging. The latter has mostly meant transesophageal (TEE) imaging. However, intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) technology has rapidly accelerated and is gaining steam. Potential advantages include less patient sedation, faster workflows, and less recovery time. In the clinical arena, ICE is sometimes used in left atrial appendage occlusion

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