title: The Stiff Left Atrium Is to Atrial Fibrillation as the Stiff Left Ventricle Is to Diastolic Heart Failure.
authors.affiliation: From the Echocardiography Laboratories, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ. naqvi.tasneem@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Tasneem Z
authors.initials: TZ
authors.lastname: Naqvi
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D016279:Atrial Function, Left; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: Editorials; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; diastolic function; left atrium; risk factors