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Table 2 Left atrium volumes and functional parameters derived from MRI data

From: Impact of obesity and epicardial fat on early left atrial dysfunction assessed by cardiac MRI strain analysis

 

Healthy volunteers

ObT2D

HV/ObT2D

(n = 19)

(n = 20)

p value

LA EDV (mL)

87.1 ± 24.7

95.8 ± 22.3

 

LA ESV (mL)

37.4 ± 14.7

40.5 ± 12.8

 

Indexed LA EDV (mL/m2)

44.7 ± 9.8

43.3 ± 9.3

 

Indexed LA ESV (mL/m2)

19.1 ± 6.1

18.2 ± 5.2

 

LA EF (%)

57.7 ± 6.1

58.0 ± 7.9

 

Longitudinal strain (%)

 SlR

33.2 ± 6.8

29.4 ± 8.4

 

 SlC

16.5 ± 4.8

13.1 ± 5.0

*

 SlA

16.7 ± 3.9

16.8 ± 4.8

 

 SlA/SLR

0.5 ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.1

 

Longitudinal strain rate (%/s)

 SRlS′

1.4 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 0.4

 

 SRlE′

−1.5 ± 0.4

−1.2 ± 0.6

 

 SRlA′

−1.4 ± 0.4

−1.5 ± 0.5

 

 SRlE′/SRlA′

1.2 ± 0.5

0.9 ± 0.3

*

Radial motion fraction (%)

 MrR

35.1 ± 6.7

31.5 ± 9.1

 

 MrC

17.2 ± 4.7

13.6 ± 5.9

*

 MrA

17.9 ± 4.3

18.2 ± 4.3

 

 MrA/MrR

0.5 ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.1

*

Radial relative velocity (%/s)

 VrS′

1.4 ± 0.3

1.5 ± 0.6

 

 VrE′

−1.6 ± 0.5

−1.3 ± 0.6

 

 VrA′

−1.5 ± 0.5

−1.8 ± 0.6

 

 VrE′/VrA′

1.2 ± 0.5

0.7 ± 0.2

***

Decomposition of the radial motion fraction (%)

 MV centric cMrR

34.3 ± 9.6

37.2 ± 10.6

 

 MV centric cMrC

14.0 ± 5.7

11.3 ± 5.7

 

 MV centric cMrA

20.3 ± 5.6

26.0 ± 6.3

**

 MV corrected perpendicular pMrR

53.3 ± 17.8

42.5 ± 12.6

*

 MV corrected perpendicular pMrC

21.0 ± 15.2

14.0 ± 9.5

 

 MV corrected perpendicular pMrA

32.3 ± 10.7

28.6 ± 10.7

 
  1. Results are expressed as mean ± SD
  2. * p < 0.05
  3. *** p < 0.001