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. 2019 Apr 16;35(9):1587–1596. doi: 10.1007/s10554-019-01597-7

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Fig. 1 — Representative global peak atrial longitudinal strain (GPALS) images. Apical long axes of four (a) and two chambers (b) with tracing the atrial endocardial border. Automated GPALS quantification with two-dimensional speckle tracking in apical views of four (c) and two chambers (d). We defined GPALS as the average of three beats each, in this case GPALS was 6.8% in a subject with AF recurrence. GPALS global peak atrial longitudinal strain, AF atrial fibrillation