<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kousta, Maria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vrachatis, Dimitrios</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Giotaki, Sotiria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Katsoulotou, Dimitra</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karavasilis, Christos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Schizas, Nikolaos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Avramides, Dimitrios</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Giannopoulos, Georgios</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Deftereos, Spyridon</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peak left atrial longitudinal strain and incident atrial fibrillation in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acta Cardiol</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acta Cardiol</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atrial Fibrillation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atrial Function, Left</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Echocardiography</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Global Health</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Heart Atria</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Incidence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prognosis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Risk Factors</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024 Dec</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">79</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1101-1110</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest supraventricular arrhythmia in adults. Timely AF diagnosis seems to ameliorate patients prognosis.

PURPOSE: To investigate the association between peak left atrial longitudinal strain (PALS) and new onset AF in the general population.

OBJECTIVES: We searched major electronic databases for articles assessing the relationship between PALS and incident AF.

RESULTS: Eight studies (11,145 patients) were analysed. Lower levels of PALS were significantly associated with higher risk of incident AF (HR: 0.95; 95%CI: 0.92-0.97, : 83%). According to the diagnostic accuracy meta-analysis, PALS &lt;33.4% presents 64% (95%CI: 46-79%) sensitivity and 69% (95%CI: 63-75%) specificity.

CONCLUSIONS: In a relatively healthy population, lower levels of PALS were significantly associated with incident AF. The overall diagnostic accuracy was moderate. Lower levels of PALS seem to justify an opportunistic - rather than a systematic-screening approach. These findings could allow more efficient utilisation of healthcare resources.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39611740?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>