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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Feb;8(2):10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.002769 e002769. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.002769

Table 3. LA structure and function in healthy volunteers and AF patients.

LA parameters Total AF Patients (n=90) Healthy Volunteers (n=14) P Value
LA mild enhancement (%) 31 ± 13.8 8.9 ± 6.0 * <0.001
LA dense enhancement (%) 7.1 ± 5.9 0.1 ± 0.5 <0.001
LA Wall Thickness 2.06 ± 0.32 2.15 ± 0.30 0.308
LAVImax (ml/m2) 52 ± 15 36 ± 10 <0.001
LAVImin (ml/m2) 31 ± 13 18 ± 6 <0.001
LAPEF (%) 19 ± 7 24 ± 6 0.002
LAAEF (%) 23 ± 8 34 ± 10 <0.001
PALS (%) 22 ± 8 33 ± 9 <0.001
SR-s (1/s) 0.93 ± 0.36 1.39 ± 0.48 <0.001
SR-ed (1/s) 0.82 ± 0.39 1.1 ± 0.40 0.01
SR-ld (1/s) 1.07 ± 0.57 1.75 ± 0.89 <0.001

Abbreviations as in Table 2.

*

LA fibrosis was present in 12 patients.

Only one patient had 2% of scar