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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… Expand
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Review
2019
Review
2019
Contemporary Drug Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The CHECK-HF Registry.
OBJECTIVES This study investigated adherence to drug therapy guidelines in heart failure (HF) with reduced left-ventricular… Expand
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Review
2018
Review
2018
Injectable Hydrogels for Cardiac Tissue Engineering.
In light of the limited efficacy of current treatments for cardiac regeneration, tissue engineering approaches have been explored… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
How to diagnose diastolic heart failure: a consensus statement on the diagnosis of heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction by the Heart Failure and Echocardiography Associations…
Diastolic heart failure (DHF) currently accounts for more than 50% of all heart failure patients. DHF is also referred to as… Expand
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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… Expand
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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… Expand
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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… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Randomised trial of effect of amiodarone on mortality in patients with left-ventricular dysfunction after recent myocardial infarction: EMIAT
BACKGROUND Ventricular arrhythmias are a major cause of death after myocardial infarction, especially in patients with poor left… Expand
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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… Expand
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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… Expand
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The relationships among ventricular arrhythmias, left ventricular dysfunction, and mortality in the 2 years after myocardial infarction.
We examined the relationships among ventricular arrhythmias, left ventricular dysfunction, and mortality after the occurrence of… Expand
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