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Table 3 Association between echocardiographic parameters and new-onset atrial fibrillation

From: Echo-Doppler–derived indexes of ventricular stiffness and ventriculo-arterial interaction as predictors of new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure

Unadjusted

Adjusted

 

Hazard ratio

p-value

Hazard ratio

p-value

Ejection fraction (%)

0.97

*0.025

0.98

0.250

Ed (1/ml)

10.40

* < 0.001

5.49

*0.018

Ea (mmHg/ml)

1.70

0.011

1.66

*0.027

Ees (m/s)

1.58

0.497

0.95

0.940

VVI

1.04

0.004

1.06

*0.001

  1. Adjusted for age, hypertension, DM, use of diuretics and left atrial volume index
  2. Ed left ventricular (LV) diastolic elastance; Ea effective arterial elastance; Ees LV end-systolic elastance; VVI ventricular-vascular coupling index
  3. *p < 0.05
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