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Table 2 Echocardiographic characteristics of patients with AF recurrence versus those with AF no-recurrence

From: Left atrial strain for predicting recurrence in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation: a single-center two-dimensional speckle tracking retrospective study

Variables

Total (N = 95)

Recurrence (N = 26)

No-Recurrence (N = 69)

P value

LAD

39.5 ± 5.1

40.9 ± 5.1

38.9 ± 5.0

0.093

LAVmax

58.8 ± 15.2

65.5 ± 16.9

56.3 ± 13.8

0.008

LAVmin

35.7 ± 14.3

43.4 ± 16.2

32.7 ± 12.5

0.001

LAVI

32.4 ± 7.9

35.5 ± 8.9

31.3 ± 7.2

0.023

LAEF

43.0 (29.0–51.0)

34.5 (21.0–45.8)

45.0 (33.5–52.5)

0.013

LASr

19.4 ± 8.3

16.6 ± 7.3

20.4 ± 8.4

0.047

LAScd

10.0 (8.0–14.0)

11.7 ± 3.7

10.0 (8.0–14.5)

0.317

LASct

9.0 (1.0–13.0)

2.5 (0.0–8.8)

11.0 (2.5–14.0)

0.003

E/e’

9.1 (7.2–11.8)

9.2 (7.2–11.3)

8.9 (7.2–11.8)

0.993

LVEDVI

37.6 ± 8.7

38.8 ± 11.1

37.2 ± 7.7

0.435

LVESVI

15.3 (13.6–18.3)

16.5 (14.4–18.3)

14.8 (13.2–18.3)

0.129

LVEF

58 (53–62)

56.0 (52.0–60.5)

60.0 (53.0–64.0)

0.053

LVGLS

17.8 (14.4–19.9)

16.9 (13.2–19.5)

18.0 (14.9–20.1)

0.499

  1. LA Left atrium, LAD Left atrial diameter, LAVmax Maximal left atrial volume, LAVmin Minimal left atrial volume, LAVI Left atrial volume index, LAEF Left atrial ejection fraction, LASr LA reservoir strain, LAScd LA conduit strain, LASct LA contract strain, LVEDVI Left ventricular end diastolic volume index, LVESVI Left ventricular end systolic volume index, LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction, LVGLS Left ventricular global longitudinal strain