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Relation of gender and interatrial dyssynchrony on tissue Doppler imaging to the prediction of the progression to chronic atrial fibrillation in patients with nonvalvular paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

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This prospective study aimed to identify the relation of gender and interatrial dyssynchrony on tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) to the prediction of the progression to chronic atrial fibrillation (CAF) in nonvalvular paroxysmal AF (PAF) patients. Nineteen consecutive men and 19 women with nonvalvular PAF were prospectively followed after echocardiography. We measured the interval of time from initiation of the P wave on the electrocardiogram until the beginning of the late diastolic TDI signal at the lateral border of the mitral (P-A′(M)) and the tricuspid annulus (P-A′(T)). Interatrial dyssynchrony was defined as the difference between the P-A′(M) and P-A′(T) intervals (A′(M)-A′(T)). The study endpoint was the onset of CAF (>6 months). Six men developed CAF during a follow-up of 32 ± 26 months, and 3 women developed CAF during a follow-up of 25 ± 19 months. Compared to those without CAF, the patients with CAF had significantly longer A′(M)- A′(T) intervals (men: 41 ± 10 vs 27 ± 12 ms, women: 64 ± 4 vs 23 ± 9 ms; P < 0.01) in both genders. Kaplan-Meier analysis, using cutoff values determined by analysis of receiveroperating characteristics curves, revealed that the progression to CAF was significantly observed more often when A′(M)-A′(T) interval was >34 ms in men and >43 ms in women. This prospective study suggests that nonvalvular PAF men and women with a high risk of developing CAF have “interatrial dyssynchrony” on atrial TDI, whose cutoff values are shorter and may affect the vulnerability of AF in men.

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Sakabe, K., Fukuda, N., Fukuda, Y. et al. Relation of gender and interatrial dyssynchrony on tissue Doppler imaging to the prediction of the progression to chronic atrial fibrillation in patients with nonvalvular paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Heart Vessels 25, 410–416 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-009-1211-9

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