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Pathophysiology of Heart Failure

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Heart failure (HF) is a progressive syndrome involving ventricles that leads to inadequate cardiac output. It can be classified based on location and output or ejection fraction. Ejection fraction (EF) is an essential measurement in the diagnosis and surveillance of HF. Reduced EF corresponds to systolic heart failure (HFrEF). However, HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is becoming increasingly prevalent. Also known as diastolic HF, this form of HF is related to aging. The...

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Evaluation of Left Ventricular Structure and Function using 3D Echocardiography

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Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: What Is "Normal"?

Gregg C Fonarow¹, Jeffrey J Hsu²

¹Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, California; Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

JACC. Heart Failure

|June 4, 2016

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heart failure left ventricular ejection fraction prevention

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