Left atrial function in male veteran endurance athletes with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

This complies with studies of LA function in healthy athletes, showing minute differences between athletes and non-athletic controls with borderline significant lower reservoir strain and no difference in contractile strain, despite a highly significant difference in LAVI max . 25 Despite a higher indexed stroke volume, GLS was lower in athletes, reflecting that a larger ventricle demands less deformation to produce the same stroke volume.

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