In a population of patients with HF and low ejection, those aged at least 63 years had significantly reduced verbal memory compared with younger patients, new study results indicated. The ...

Elevated peak donor troponin levels are associated with an increased risk for 1-year graft loss in pediatric heart transplant recipients.

With each heartbeat, the heart contracts and relaxes. Every contraction pushes blood out of the two pumping chambers (ventricles). When heart relaxes, the ventricles refill with blood. The ejection ...

Among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), lower versus higher ranges of EF signal fundamentally different morphologies and hemodynamic responses, which may have ...

September 14, 2009 (Boston, Massachusetts) — Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) can improve symptom status and shrink ventricular volumes in patients with LV ejection fractions higher than the 35 ...

Q: Can you tell me about ejection fractions? My wife’s heart doctor recently told us that her heart is weak, and she has a low ejection fraction. He did not discuss this much, but he has put her on ...

Jim Januzzi, MD, outlines a multitude of drug treatment options for heart failure revolving around patient ejection fraction (EF) status. Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA: As we start to transition ...

A pooled analysis of two randomized trials has demonstrated the beneficial effects of empagliflozin in patients with heart failure with a reduced and preserved ejection fraction. The late breaking ...

July 10, 2009 (Toronto, Canada) — Patients with suspected biliary dyskinesia but a biliary ejection fraction above the cut-off of 35% may benefit from cholecystectomy, according to research presented ...