AF	Atrial fibrillation
Cis	Confidence intervals
Gal3	Galectin−3
HR	Hazard ratio
LA	Left atrial
LAVI/á	Ration of LA volume index to tissue Doppler á
miR	MicroRNA
NT-proBNP	N-terminal fragment of pro-B-type natriuretic peptide
PA-TDI	Total atrial conduction time
ROC	Receiver operating characteristic
SRa	Second negative peak strain rate during LA contraction
sST2	Soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2