Abbreviations: REF=reduced
ejection fraction (ejection fraction < 50%); PEF=preserved
ejection fraction (ejection fraction ≥ 50%), NYHA=New York Heart
Association; CRP=C-reactive protein; BNP=brain natriuretic peptide;
LVEDP=left ventricular
end-diastolic filling pressure; EF=ejection fraction; DT=deceleration
time; E=early diastolic mitral inflow; e’= early diastolic mitral
annular tissue velocity; Vp=propagation velocity; LAVI= left atrial
volume index; LVMI=left ventricular mass index; RWT=relative wall
thickness; PAP=pulmonary arterial systolic pressure; LVEDD=left
ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD=left ventricular end-systolic
diameter; IVS=interventricular septum; LVPW=left ventricular posterior
free wall.
* p<0.05; **p<0.01
TABLE 2 Baseline clinical characteristics and Baseline
laboratory, haemodynamic, and echocardiographic data of patients with
chronic atrial fibrillation and a preserved ejection fraction