FIGURES AND TABLES WITH LEGENDS
Figure 1 Flowchart of studies selection
Figure 2 Forest plot of LA-PLSsys weighted mean difference
between patients with No AF recurrence and AF recurrence
AF: atrial fibrillation
LA-PLSsys: left atrial peak systolic longitudinal strain
Figure 3 Forest plot of LA-PLSsys weighted mean difference
between patients with No AF recurrence and AF recurrence, based on the
echocardiographic methodology for strain quantification
A2C: apical two chambers view, A4C: apical four chambers view, S:
segments
AF: atrial fibrillation
LA-PLSsys: left atrial peak systolic longitudinal strain
Figure 4 Meta-rgression analysis. Impact of pre-ablation
maximum LAVi in LA-PLSsys weighted mean difference between patients with
No AF recurrence and AF recurrence
AF: atrial fibrillation
LA-PLSsys: left atrial peak systolic longitudinal strain
LAVi : left atium volume index
Table 1 Summary table of included studies