Medically reviewed by Yasmine S. Ali, MD, MSCI Ejection fraction (EF) measures how well the heart pumps blood. A normal EF is ...

[21] This was a smaller study that enrolled 74 patients 65 years and older with NYHA class II or III heart failure (defined by the Framingham criteria) and an ejection fraction ≥40%. Background ...

Chronic heart failure occurs when either the left ventricle ... HFpEF connotes diastolic dysfunction despite a normal ejection fraction. Diastolic dysfunction also occurs frequently in patients ...

diastolic heart failure. Diastolic heart failure is also known as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Ejection fraction is how doctors measure the proportion of blood that ...

HealthDay News — In patients with heart failure with improved ejection fraction (EF), pharmacological therapy is rarely withdrawn, according to a study published online March 17 in Circulation.

Among patients with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction/heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the Finerenone Trial to Investigate Efficacy and Safety Superior to Placebo in ...

Among iron-deficient patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), receiving intravenous iron supplementation was found to be safe but resulted in mixed findings, according to a ...

“People with heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction face substantial challenges in diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care,” said Robert Perkins, MD, MPH ...

Chronic heart failure is a syndrome ... including estimation of LV ejection fraction. Diastolic function assessment can help determine the left heart diastolic pressures. The cardiac valves ...

Objective: To provide an overview of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF), as well as its pathophysiology, diagnosis, and clinical evidence regarding its pharmacologic management.