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Are Transthoracic Echocardiographic Parameters Associated With Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence or Stroke?

Results From the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-Up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) Study

Brian Olshansky, MD^_*,_*, Eliot N. Heller, MD, L. Brent Mitchell, MD, Mary Chandler, MD, William Slater, MD^||, Martin Green, MD^¶, Michael Brodsky, MD^#, Patrick Barrell, BS, H. Leon Greene, MD and the AFFIRM Investigators

^_* University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, New York
Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Axio Research Corporation, Seattle, Washington
^|| New York University Medical Center, New York, New York
^¶ University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
^# University of California Irvine, Irvine, California.

View larger version (24K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Recurrence of atrial fibrillation (Afib) and left atrial diameter. N = number of patients available for evaluation at this time point; events = number of patients experiencing atrial fibrillation recurrence by this time point; % = Kaplan-Meier estimate of cumulative atrial fibrillation recurrence rate at this time point.