Table 4. Atrial deformation.

		THAL1 (9)	THAL2 (14)	C (12)
IAS SRpeak	S	2.94±1.7	2.66±1.7	2.97±1.7
	E	−4.00±2.6	−4.18±1.8	−3.15±2.5
	A	−1.38±1.9§	−2.30±1.1	−2.10±0.9
IAS ϵ	S	39.1±24.5	46.8±13.1	46.8±16.4
LAW SRpeak	S	1.09±0.9§§°	2.71±1.5	2.56±1.
	E	−2.87±2.4	−4.12±1.7	−4.11±1.9
	A	−1.12±1.5§	−2.58±1.4	−2.17±2.0
LAW ϵ	S	21.3±13.2§	36.2±15.6	37.1±14.9

THAL1 vs THAL2:

^§p<0.05;

^§§p<0.01;

^§§§p<0.001;

THAL1 vs C:

^°p<0.05;

^°°p<0.01;

^°°°p<0.001;

TAHL2 vs. C:

^ψp<0.05;

^ψψp<0.01;

^ψψψp<0.001;

IAS SR_peak: strain rate systolic (S), early (E) and late (A) diastolic peak at distal segments of interatrial septum; IASϵ: strain systolic (S) peak at distal segments of interatrial septum LAW SR_peak: strain rate systolic (S), early (E) and late (A) diastolic peak at distal segments of left atrial lateral wall; LAWϵ: strain systolic (S) peak at distal segments of left atrial lateral wall.