Table 1.

Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and in normal control subjects

AF: atrial fibrillation, EDV: end-diastolic volume, ESV: end-systolic volume, E: peak early diastolic filling velocity, A: peak late diastolic filling velocity, s': peak early systolic velocity of the medial mitral annulus, e': peak early diastolic velocity of the medial mitral annulus, a': peak late diastolic velocity of the medial mitral annulus