scholarly journals Looking beyond ejection fraction: what we have in echocardiography

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Issue 4) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Oben Baysan ◽  
İlke Akyıldız
Keyword(s):  
Ejection Fraction ◽  
Myocardial Function ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Left Ventricular Ejection ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Ventricular Ejection Fraction ◽  
Failure Classification ◽  
Echocardiographic Examination ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
Made In

Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is the most frequently used echocardiographic parameter. LVEF based heart failure classification, timely intervention in a patient with valvular disease (e.g. aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation), deterioration of myocardial function in a patient treated with chemotherapy; all need a simple LVEF value for decision-making process. An echocardiographic examination  also contains several parameters with invaluable importance. Measurement and evaluation of these parameters should be made in every patient suspected of having myocardial disease.

scholarly journals Understanding cardiac systolic performance beyond left ventricular ejection fraction

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Elena-Laura Antohi ◽  
Ovidiu Chioncel
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction ◽  
Ejection Fraction ◽  
Critical Parameter ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Ventricular Ejection ◽  
Left Ventricular Ejection ◽  
Ventricular Ejection Fraction ◽  
Systolic Performance ◽  
Failure Classification

Left ventricular ejection fraction is the critical parameter used for heart failure classification, decision making and assessing prognosis. It is defined as a volumetric ratio and is essentially a composite of arterial and ventricular elastances, but not intrinsic contractility. The clinician should be aware of its numerous limitations when measuring and reporting it. And make a step toward more insightful understanding of hemodynamics.

Vergleich von Belastungs- EKG und Radionuklid- Ventrikulographie bezüglich des Nachweises einer Myokardischämie bei isolierten Stenosen des Ramus interventricularis anterior

1988 ◽  
Vol 27 (02) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
R. Standke ◽  
R. P. Baum ◽  
S. Tezak ◽  
D. Mildenberger ◽  
F. D. Maul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction ◽  
Myocardial Ischemia ◽  
Ejection Fraction ◽  
Anterior Wall ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Left Ventricular Ejection ◽  
Global Ejection Fraction ◽  
Ventricular Ejection Fraction ◽  
Exercise Ecg

21 patients with LAD-stenoses of at least 70% and 21 patients with LAD- stenoses and additional intramural anterior wall infarctions were studied. 20 patients without heart disease or after successful transluminal coronary angioplasty and 18 patients with intramural anterior wall infarction after successful transluminal dilatation of the LAD (remaining stenosis maximal 30%) served as controls. The normal range of global and regional left ventricular ejection fraction response to exercise was defined based on the data of 25 further patients without relevant coronary heart disease. Thus, a decrease in global ejection fraction and regional wall motion abnormalities were judged pathological. All patients were comparable with respect to age, ejection fraction at rest and work load. Myocardial ischemia could be detected by the exercise ECG in 81 % of all patients without infarction and in 71 % of patients with infarction. The corresponding values for global left ventricular ejection fraction were 76% and 81 %, respectively, and for regional ejection fraction 95% in both groups. No false-positive exercise ECGs were observed in the healthy controls and 2 (11 %) in the corresponding group with intramural infarction. The global ejection fraction was pathological in 1 (5%) healthy subject without infarction and in 3 (17%) corresponding patients with infarction. Sectorial analysis revealed 5 and 22%, respectively. Our findings suggest that the exercise ECG has a limited sensitivity to detect myocardial ischemia in patients with isolated LAD-stenoses and intramural myocardial infarction. Radionuclide ventriculography yields pathological values more often; however, false-positive results also occur more frequently.

An Unusual Association: Right Atrial Myxoma and Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Case Report and Review of the Literature

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 285
Author(s):  
Lucian Florin Dorobantu ◽  
Ovidiu Chioncel ◽  
Alexandra Pasare ◽  
Dorin Lucian Usurelu ◽  
Ioan Serban Bubenek-Turconi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ejection Fraction ◽  
Ventricular Dysfunction ◽  
Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Right Atrial ◽  
Left Ventricular Ejection ◽  
Cardiac Tumors ◽  
Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction ◽  
Ventricular Ejection Fraction ◽  
Increased Risk

Myxomas comprise 50% of all benign cardiac tumors in adults, with the right atrium as their second most frequent site of origin. Surgical resection is the only effective therapeutic option for patients with these tumors. The association between right atrial myxomas and severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction is extremely rare and makes treatment even more challenging. This was the case for our patient, a 47-year-old male with a right atrial mass and a severely impaired left ventricular function, with a 20% ejection fraction. Global enlargement of the heart was also noted, with moderate right ventricular dysfunction. The tumor was successfully excised using the on-pump beating heart technique, with an immediate postoperative improvement of the left ventricular ejection fraction to 35%. The technique proved useful, with no increased risk to the patient.

Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction – A Review

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otto A Smiseth ◽  
Anders Opdahl ◽  
Espen Boe ◽  
Helge Skulstad
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Ejection Fraction ◽  
Diastolic Heart Failure ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Filling Pressure ◽  
Left Ventricular Ejection ◽  
Ventricular Ejection Fraction ◽  
Reduced Ejection Fraction ◽  
Objective Evidence

Heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HF-PEF), sometimes named diastolic heart failure, is a common condition most frequently seen in the elderly and is associated with arterial hypertension and left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. Symptoms are attributed to a stiff left ventricle with compensatory elevation of filling pressure and reduced ability to increase stroke volume by the Frank-Starling mechanism. LV interaction with stiff arteries aggravates these problems. Prognosis is almost as severe as for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HF-REF), in part reflecting co-morbidities. Before the diagnosis of HF-PEF is made, non-cardiac etiologies must be excluded. Due to the non-specific nature of heart failure symptoms, it is essential to search for objective evidence of diastolic dysfunction which, in the absence of invasive data, is done by echocardiography and demonstration of signs of elevated LV filling pressure, impaired LV relaxation, or increased LV diastolic stiffness. Antihypertensive treatment can effectively prevent HF-PEF. Treatment of HF-PEF is symptomatic, with similar drugs as in HF-REF.

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