Abstract
The authors have withdrawn their manuscript because they decided to modify their analysis because of how the imaging devices are employed in the real-world practice in Japan. Instead of simply comparing ICE vs. TEE patients, they decided that 3-way comparison comparing patients that underwent ASD closure with ICE alone vs. TEE alone vs Both Modalities is more practical and send clinically useful messages to the practicing physicians. Since it is highly likely that the above analysis will alter subsequent conclusions, the authors decided to withdraw the present version of their manuscript. Therefore, the authors do not wish this work to be cited as reference for the project. If you have any questions, please contact the corresponding author.
Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
Funding Statement
This work was supported by the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular?Intervention and Therapeutics (CVIT Japan), the Grants in-Aid for Scientifc Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI No. 16KK0186, 16H05215 and 17K09493).
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The study protocol and analyses of the J-SHD registry were approved by the Institutional Review Board of the St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa, Japan, Ethics Committee Approval No. 4312).
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Footnotes
The authors have withdrawn their manuscript because they decided to modify their analysis because of how the imaging devices are employed in the real-world practice in Japan. Instead of simply comparing ICE vs. TEE patients,they decided that 3-way comparison comparing patients that underwent ASD closure with ICE alone vs. TEE alone vs Both Modalities is more practical and send clinically useful messages to the practicing physicians. Since it is highly likely that the above analysis will alter subsequent conclusions, the authors decided to withdraw the present version of their manuscript. Therefore, the authors do not wish this work to be cited as reference for the project. If you have any questions, please contact the corresponding author.