ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC WALL STRAIN AND RECURRENCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CATHETER ABLATION OF PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

In patients with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, an elevated left atrial pressure would increase the atrial arrhythmogenic substrate. Recently, diastolic wall strain (DWS) has been reported to indicate left ventricular distensibility as a novel and simple echocardiographic index. The