Table 1.

Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Patients and Controls

Characteristic	Patients (n = 85)	Controls (n = 10)	P value
Age (years)	69.7 ± 0.9	67.2 ± 1.4	0.394
Male n (%)	26 (30%)	2 (20%)	0.157
Duration of the last episode (h)	19.5 ± 3.3	22.3 ± 1	0.750
LAD (mm)	39.3 ± 3.2	38.7 ± 0.4	0.945
LVEF (%)	49.5 ± 2	50.8 ± 0.7	0.836
Disease
Hypertension	48 (56%)	6 (60%)
Coronary artery disease	19 (22%)	2 (20%)
COPD	6 (7%)	1 (10%)
Lone	12 (14%)	1 (10%)

COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; LAD = left atrial maximal diameter; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction.