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ACC, AHA, and HRS jointly updated the 2015 advanced training statement for clinical cardiac electrophysiology, adding new required competencies and revised procedural benchmarks for fellowship training.

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Patients with primary tricuspid regurgitation had longer survival than those with secondary or lead-associated TR in a 12,899-patient Mayo Clinic retrospective cohort.