Table 3.

Comparisons of Electroanatomical Remodeling of LA Between Patients With and Without History of Stroke or TIA

	Men				Women
	Overall (n=363)	Stroke/TIA (n=59)	No Stroke (n=304)	P Value	Overall (n=216)	Stroke/TIA (n=45)	No Stroke (n=171)	P Value
Transthoracic echocardiography (n=579)
LA dimension, mm	41.8±5.6	43.0±4.8	41.5±5.8	0.072	41.0±6.0	43.5±5.9	40.4±5.9a	0.002b
LA volume index, mL/m2	35.0±11.9	36.4±12.2	34.7±11.8	0.340	39.4±14.3	47.3±16.1c	37.3±13.1a	<0.001b
LVEDD, mm	50.2±4.4	49.5±4.5	50.3±4.4	0.203	48.3±4.6	47.7±5.8	48.5±4.2a	0.427
LVESD, mm	34.2±4.9	33.4±4.9	34.3±4.8	0.172	32.0±4.4	32.8±6.3	31.8±3.7a	0.313
LV ejection fraction, %	62.5±8.9	63.6±9.5	62.2±8.8	0.281	65.0±7.3	62.1±9.8	65.8±6.3a	0.003b
LV mass index, g/m2	94.8±22.2	94.9±18.1	94.7±23.0	0.966	92.1±22.7	93.4±25.0	91.9±22.1	0.723
E/Em	10.3±5.1	11.5±8.0	10.0±4.2	0.188	12.2±4.7	13.9±6.1	11.8±4.2a	0.008b
Transesophageal echocardiography (n=579)
LAA flow velocity, cm/s	50.1±21.6	46.1±21.0	50.8±21.6	0.126	47.3±22.8	36.5±18.2c	50.1±23.0	<0.001b
LA voltage map, mV (n=416)
Entire LA	1.4±0.7	1.4±0.6	1.4±0.7	0.952	1.0±0.5	0.9±0.5c	1.0±0.6a	0.178
Anterior LA	1.2±0.6	1.2±0.5	1.2±0.6	0.632	0.9±0.5	0.7±0.4c	0.9±0.5a	0.127
Venous LA	1.2±0.9	1.2±1.0	1.2±0.9	0.990	0.9±0.8	0.8±0.8c	1.0±0.7a	0.243
LAA	2.9±1.5	2.8±1.3	2.9±1.5	0.951	2.0±1.2	1.8±1.3c	2.0±1.2a	0.428

E indicates mitral inflow early diastolic velocity; Em, mitral annulus early diastolic velocity; LA, left atrium; LAA, left atrial appendage; LV, left ventricle; LVEDD, left ventricular end‐diastolic dimension; LVESD, left ventricular end‐systolic dimension; TIA, transient ischemic attack.

^a P<0.05 versus men with no history of stroke/TIA.

^b P<0.05.

^c P<0.05 versus men with history of stroke/TIA.