Left atrial strain - an early marker of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with hypertension and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Table 4 LA strain data compared with normal values in healthy individuals

Variable	Study population (95% CI)	Normal values according to metanalysis (95% CI) [8]
Mean contractile strain	−14.14 (−15.61–-12.67) %	17.4 (16.0–19.0) %
Mean conduit strain	15.98 (14.76–17.20) %	23.0 (20.7–25.2) %
Mean reservoir strain	31.03 (29.11–32.96) %	39.4% (38.0–40.8) %

Contractile, conduit and reservoir strains in patients with mild hypertension and paroxysmal AF are lower compared to normal population

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