Table 2.

Correlation between heart rate and atrial dimension with peak-positive and -negative strains.

	PPS		PNS
	Pearson correlation	P	Pearson correlation	P
LA diameter	−0.274	0.041	0.421	0.001
LA area	−0.308	0.021	0.310	0.020
LAMV	−0.295	0.027	0.280	0.037
LAMV indexed to BSA	−0.375	0.004	0.267	0.047
LAmV	−0.469	<0.001	0.394	0.003
LAmV indexed to BSA	−0.507	<0.001	0.374	0.004

BSA, body surface area; LA, left atrium; LAMV, left atrial maximum volume; LAmV, left atrial minimum volume; PNS, peak-negative strain; PPS, peak-positive strain. Statistically significant values are given in bold.