Left ventricular ejection fraction

Known as: LVEF 
The fraction of the left ventricular end diastolic volume ejected with each beat. The left ventricular ejection fraction is equal to the left… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Glucagon-like peptide-1 infusion improves left ventricular ejection fraction and functional status in patients with chronic heart failure.
BACKGROUND Insulin resistance is present in the setting of congestive heart failure. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Amiodarone or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for congestive heart failure.
BACKGROUND Sudden death from cardiac causes remains a leading cause of death among patients with congestive heart failure (CHF… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Effects of candesartan in patients with chronic heart failure and preserved left-ventricular ejection fraction: the CHARM-Preserved Trial
BACKGROUND Half of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have preserved left-ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), but few… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The association of left ventricular ejection fraction, mortality, and cause of death in stable outpatients with heart failure.
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic importance of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in stable… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Congestive heart failure in subjects with normal versus reduced left ventricular ejection fraction: prevalence and mortality in a population-based cohort.
OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the relative proportions of normal versus impaired left ventricular (LV… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Incremental prognostic value of post-stress left ventricular ejection fraction and volume by gated myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography.
BACKGROUND The incremental prognostic value of post-stress left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) and volume over perfusion has… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Doppler tissue imaging: a noninvasive technique for evaluation of left ventricular relaxation and estimation of filling pressures.
OBJECTIVES This investigation was designed 1) to assess whether the early diastolic velocity of the mitral annulus (Ea) obtained… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Proinflammatory cytokine levels in patients with depressed left ventricular ejection fraction: a report from the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD).
OBJECTIVES This study sought to assess proinflammatory cytokine levels in patients in the studies of left ventricular dysfunction… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Automatic quantification of ejection fraction from gated myocardial perfusion SPECT.
UNLABELLED We have developed a completely automatic algorithm to quantitatively measure left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Left ventricular ejection fraction assessed from gated technetium-99m-sestamibi SPECT.
By means of ECG gating of tomographic (SPECT) 99mTc-sestamibi (MIBI) images, myocardial perfusion and wall thickening have been… (More)
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