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Figure 1: Heart Rate (A) and Heart Rate Variability (B as Stratified by Atrial Fibrillation Genetic Risk Quartiles. BPM = beats per minutes; HR = heart rate; SDNN= standard deviation of NN intervals; RMSDD =Root Mean Square of the Successive Differences. * = P <0.05; n = 86.
Figure 2: Cardiac Conduction (A) and Atrioventricular Physiology (B) as Stratified by Atrial Fibrillation Genetic Risk Quartiles. HV = His-Ventricle Conduction time; * = P <0.05; n = 181.
Figure 3: AF Free Survival After CTI Ablation Stratified by Genetic Risk Score. Probability of atrial fibrillation over time (days) in follow up as stratified by genetic risk score in the post CTI population. Genetic risk score is stratified into quartiles ranging from Low to High genetic risk.
Figure 4: Left Atrial Appendage Morphology and AF Genetic Risk. (A) Appendage morphology (percent chicken wing), appendage os (circumference in cm) and indexed appendage volume stratified by polygenic risk of AF quartiles. (B) Appendage morphology (percent chicken wing), appendage os (circumference in cm) and indexed appendage volume stratified by RS2200733 single nucleotide variant carrier status. * = P <0.05
Table 1. Single Nucleotide Variants Comprising an AF Polygenic Risk Score