Prognostic Utility and Clinical Significance of Cardiac Mechanics in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Importance of Left Atrial Strain

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Mar;9(3):10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003754 e003754. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003754

CV = cardiovascular; hosp. = hospitalization; LA = left atrial; AF = atrial fibrillation

Figure 4. Kaplan-Meier curves for survival free of cardiovascular hospitalization (including heart failure hospitalization or death), stratified by median left atrial reservoir strain in (A) all patients and (B) after excluding patients with a history of atrial fibrillation.