If you’ve been diagnosed with heart failure, your doctor has likely ordered a test of your heart's ejection fraction (EF). The EF is a measure of how efficiently your heart is pumping blood out to the ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: My husband has heart failure. His doctor often uses the term “ejection fraction.” Can you explain what this means? DEAR READER: Before I explain what an ejection fraction is, let’s say ...

In this prospective, multicenter clinical trial, we randomly assigned patients with symptomatic, drug-resistant atrial fibrillation, an ejection fraction of 40% or less, and New York Heart Association ...

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 ...

The role of ACE inhibitors in the management of HFPEF is less significant compared with their role in the management of heart failure with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. For patients with ...

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 ...

New findings reveal sotagliflozin's benefits for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction without ...

SENIORS is also the first major trial to test beta blockers in patients with preserved ejection fractions and showed similar benefits of nebivolol in this population as seen in patients with reduced ...

India accounts for one-fifth of the total deaths occurring from stroke, cardiac arrest, and heart attacks, especially in younger adults. As per American Heart Journal, there is a 13% increase in ...