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Table 2 Comparison of pre and post ablation LA characteristics on CMR

From: Association of left atrial strain by cardiovascular magnetic resonance with recurrence of atrial fibrillation following catheter ablation

 

Pre-ablation

Post-ablation

p-value

LAV maximum (mL)

112 ± 36

96 ± 30

0.003

LAV maximum index (mL/m2)

52 ± 18

45 ± 14

0.01

LAV minimum (mL)

63 ± 32

53 ± 26

0.03

LAV minimum index (mL/m2)

29 ± 16

25 ± 12

0.046

LAV pre-A (mL)

86 ± 35

73 ± 27

0.007

LAV pre-A index (mL/m2)

40 ± 17

34 ± 13

0.02

LA passive EF (%)

25 ± 12

24 ± 9

0.59

LA active EF (%)

29 ± 15

27 ± 16

0.31

LA total EF (%)

46 ± 15

43 ± 15

0.25

LA expansion index

95 ± 51

88 ± 49

0.41

LVEF

60 ± 9

57 ± 6

0.1

LVEDVI (mL/m2)

86 ± 16

90 ± 25

0.33

LVESVI (mL/m2)

36 ± 11

39 ± 11

0.1

LV mass (mg)

97 ± 33

88 ± 27

0.07

RVEF

53 ± 6

51 ± 6

0.09

RVEDVI (mL/m2)

94 ± 22

93 ± 22

0.89

RVESVI (mL/m2)

45 ± 14

46 ± 13

0.48

RA volume (mL)

143 ± 40

132 ± 39

0.07

RA volume index

68 ± 19

65 ± 19

0.32

RUPV diameter (mm)

19.5 ± 3.2

16.9 ± 3.8

 < 0.001

RLPV diameter (mm)

17.9 ± 3.1

16.6 ± 3.1

0.01

LUPV diameter (mm)

15.2 ± 2.5

12.9 ± 3.2

 < 0.001

LLPV diameter (mm)

13.9 ± 2.1

11.7 ± 4.5

0.03

ℇR

24.0 ± 10.4

19.8 ± 8.1

0.005

ℇCT

8.4 ± 0.1

5.7 ± 5.3

0.001

ℇCD

15.6 ± 7.1

13.0 ± 6.3

0.02

  1. Significant p-values are shown in bold
  2. EDV, end diastolic volume; EF, ejection fraction; ESV, end systolic volume; LA, left atrium; LAV, left atrial volume; LLPV, left lower pulmonary vein; LUPV, left upper pulmonary vein; LV, left ventricle; LVEDVI, left ventricular end-diastolic volume index; LVESVI, left ventricular end-systolic volume index; RA, right atrium; RLPV, right lower pulmonary vein; RUPV, right upper pulmonary vein; RV, right ventricle; RVEDVI, right ventricular end-diastolic volume index; RVESVI, right ventricular end-systolic volume index; ℇCD, conduit strain; ℇCT, contractile strain; ℇR, reservoir strain