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	LVEF
		LVEF is a good clinical indicator of left ventricular systolic function.
		LVEF may be determined either by echocardiograph or radionuclide ventriculography.
		LVEF is the fraction of blood ejected in systole and is calculated as follows:
	www.hcoa.org /hcoacme/chf-cme/chf00048.htm (110 words)

	Limitations of Radionuclide Angiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Systolic Function before Lung Transplantation ...
		(LVEF) as measured with radionuclide angiocardiography was surprisingly
		of isotopic LVEF in the 72 patients is shown in Figure 1.
		LVEF should not be viewed as a contraindication to transplantation.
	ajrccm.atsjournals.org /cgi/content/full/158/5/1396 (4123 words)

	Cardiac monitoring essential for preventing heart disease in patients with blood disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A team of researchers from University College London Hospitals studied 81 thalassemia major patients who had no previous cardiac history and whose LVEF readings were monitored on a yearly basis for a median of six years to a maximum of 20 years, depending on the patient.
		It was determined that if an LVEF reading was less than 45 percent (indicating a weakening of the heart muscle), or if the reading fell 10 percent between consecutive measurements, the patient's risk of developing symptomatic heart disease was 25 times greater than in patients with normal readings.
		The study found that the median period of time between an abnormal LVEF reading and development of cardiac disease was three and a half years — enough time for treatment with DFO to prevent and reverse the severe heart dysfunction.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-06/asoh-cme062104.php (621 words)

	Selection and Treatment of Candidates for Heart Transplantation
		Improvement of LVEF by more than 5% was a very favorable prognostic sign and identified a subgroup of patients with a mortality risk of less than 10% over a 1-year period.
		Among 466 patients with LVEF less than 40% and angina, 36% of whom had clinical heart failure, survival with surgical revascularization was significantly greater (P=.001) in patients with LVEF greater than 20% than in those with LVEF less than 20%, both in hospital (89% versus 63%, respectively) and 3 years postoperatively (60% versus 15%, respectively).
		In comparison with patients with a normal LVEF, a larger number of patients with LVEF less than 50% have inducible ventricular tachycardia, which is not necessarily a specific predictor of the subsequent risk of arrhythmogenic death.
	www.americanheart.org /presenter.jhtml?identifier=1298 (13670 words)

	National MS Society \| Novantrone Labeling Change
		Because of its potential to damage the heart, the prescribing information indicated that Novantrone was to be used only in those with normal cardiac function, up to a maximum cumulative dose of 140 mg/m2 (approximately 8-12 doses over 2-3 years).
		No person with a baseline LVEF that was less than 50% was considered a candidate for treatment with Novantrone.
		LVEF should be re-tested prior to each dose of Novantrone.
	www.nationalmssociety.org /Clinup-Novantrone.asp (653 words)

	BioMed Central \| Full text \| The impact of glucose-insulin-potassium infusion in acute myocardial infarction on infarct ...
		LVEF as assessed by two-dimensional transthoracicechocardiography was reported as a descriptive grade of function, using subjective visual assessment by two independent observers who were unaware of the randomisation code.
		LVEF measurements were available in 419 patients (88%) treated with GIK and in 404 (87%) of the controls.
		Differences between patients with LVEF ≤ 30% and those with a higher LVEF are summarized in table 3.
	www.biomedcentral.com /1741-7015/3/9 (5171 words)

	Value of sequential monitoring of left ventricular ejection fraction in the management of thalassemia major -- Davis et ...
		LVEF by MUGA at rest is shown in 10 patients with thalassemia major before and 24 hours after blood transfusion.
		LVEF is shown before and after fatigue-limited exercise in 60 paired observations in 27 patients.
		LVEF in our hands is comparable to that reported by other workers.
	www.bloodjournal.org /cgi/content/full/104/1/263 (5755 words)

	NOVANTRONE
		Cardiac toxicity: A patient's baseline left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) should be evaluated by echo contrast or a multiple gated acquisition (MUGA) scan and should be >50%.
		Regular evaluation of a patient's LVEF prior to each dose is imperative due to the risk of myocardial toxicity.
		LVEF should be reevaluated by echocardiogram or MUGA prior to each dose administered to patients with multiple sclerosis.
	www.novantrone.com /professionals/prof_treatment.jsp (425 words)

	Clinical Vignettes from CMI: Heart Failure
		The exact role of this assay is still being defined, but the assay will probably be most useful when heart failure is suspected but remains unconfirmed after the medical history has been carefully obtained and physical examination, electrocardiography, and radiography of the chest have been done.
		For patients with LVEF less than 35% and severe symptoms (such as fatigue or dyspnea with minimal activity), spironolactone (an aldosterone blocker) also decreased mortality.
		Survival data for patients with heart failure and normal LVEF are lacking, and treatment for these patients is empirical but ultimately includes many of the same medications used to treat systolic heart failure.
	xnet.kp.org /permanentejournal/winter03/heart.html (4173 words)

	Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine - Mount Sinai School of Medicine
		LVEF was similar after exercise and pharmacological stress in patients with normal (69±7 vs 69±7) and abnormal (61±9 vs 62±10) stress perfusion.
		LVEF was < 45% (lower limit of normal) in only 7/673 patients (1%).
		Absolute LVEF value is lower in patients with stress perfusion defects.
	www.mssm.edu /msjournal/70/705306.shtml (347 words)

	Is the Acromegalic Cardiomyopathy Reversible? Effect of 5-Year Normalization of Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth ...
		LVEF response at peak exercise worsened in none of the patients
		of LVEF at peak exercise (from 56.1 ± 2.4 to 64.1 ±
		LVEF at rest (top left) and at peak exercise (middle left), exerciseinduced changes of LVEF (bottom left), PFR measured as EDV (top right), stroke volume (middle right) and as the ratio between PFR and PER (bottom right) in patients achieving disease control after surgery or octreotide compared with sex- and age-matched controls.
	jcem.endojournals.org /cgi/content/full/86/4/1551 (4598 words)

	Riley Hospital for Children (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Comparisons were made between serial estimates of LVEF, and between early and late LVEF versus normal values.
		Results: The mean LVEF at baseline was 0.68 " 0.10, which is not different from our laboratory?s normal value of 0.68 " 0.09.
		Decrease in LVEF did not correlate with the change in RVEF (r= -0.13).
	www.rileyhospital.org /print.jsp?locid=780 (390 words)

	Improvement of stress LVEF rather than rest LVEF after coronary revascularisation in patients with ischaemic ...
		Improvement of stress LVEF rather than rest LVEF after coronary revascularisation in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy and viable myocardium -- Rizzello et al.
		Improvement of stress LVEF rather than rest LVEF after coronary revascularisation in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy and viable myocardium
		LVEF in patients with and without improvement in resting LVEF.
	heart.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/91/3/319 (3192 words)

	Is echocardiography a valid tool to screen for left ventricular systolic dysfunction in chronic survivors of acute ...
		LVEF was calculable in all 86 cases by both techniques.
		Figure 2 Bland-Altman limits of agreement plots between RNV LVEF and Echo LVEF (A) in 40 patients six months after anterior myocardial infarction, (B) in 46 patients six months after inferior myocardial infarction, and (C) in all 86 patients combined.
		and echocardiography in assessing LVEF of –11.4% to 12.2%
	heart.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/90/12/1422 (3078 words)

	A Clinical Rule To Predict Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients after Myocardial Infarction -- ...
		of LVEF that are difficult to use at the bedside.
		Negative predictive values are provided even though patients not meeting criteria for LVEF of 40% or more are actually assigned the label "unpredictable LVEF," not "LVEF less than 40%" (using this definition, a negative predictive value is less meaningful).
		LVEF of 35% and was predicted to have an LVEF of 40% or more.
	www.annals.org /cgi/content/full/121/10/750 (4042 words)

	SCD-HeFT: Heart patient eligibility guidelines for cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices to be updated
		An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is recommended as secondary prevention to prolong survival in patients with current or prior symptoms of HF and reduced LVEF who have a history of cardiac arrest, ventricular fibrillation, or hemodynamically destabilizing ventricular tachycardia.
		Placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is reasonable in patients with LVEF of 30% to 35% of any origin with NYHA functional class II or III symptoms who are taking chronic optimal medical therapy and who have reasonable expectation of survival with good functional status of more than 1 year.
		Patients with LVEF less than or equal to 35%, sinus rhythm, and NYHA functional class III or ambulatory class IV symptoms despite recommended, optimal medical therapy and who have cardiac dyssynchrony, which is currently defined as a QRS duration greater than 120 ms, should receive cardiac resynchronization therapy unless contraindicated.
	www.medtronic.com /scdheft/guidelines.html (731 words)

	NEJM -- Abnormal left ventricular function in hyperthyroidism: evidence for a possible reversible cardiomyopathy
		The hyperthyroid state was characterized by a high LVEF at rest but--paradoxically--by a significant fall (P less than 0.01) in LVEF during exercise.
		The LVEF was greater during exercise (P less than 0.02) when the patients were euthyroid than when they were hyperthyroid.
		Pretreatment with propranolol caused similar reductions in resting LVEF in the hyperthyroid and euthyroid states; the drug attenuated the rise in LVEF during exercise when the patients were euthyroid, but did not influence the exercise-induced reduction in LVEF in hyperthyroidism.
	content.nejm.org /cgi/content/abstract/307/19/1165 (526 words)

	Hyperhomocysteinemia Is Inversely Related With Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Predicts Cardiovascular Mortality ...
		There was a stepwise increase of tHcy with decreasing LVEF quartile that was particularly evident in the subgroup below the overall median of plasma folate.
		CAD and LVEF with unprecedented accuracy in high-risk patients.
		with LVEF was attributable to the concomitance of LV hypertrophy
	atvb.ahajournals.org /cgi/content/full/25/1/115 (4126 words)

	T-wave alternans could surpass LVEF as risk-stratifier for ICD implantation
		In the T-wave Alternans in Heart Failure (TWA in HF) trial, the TWA test "was at least twice as strong in predictive value as ejection fraction, which is an incredibly good risk stratifier," Dr J Thomas Bigger (Columbia University, New York, NY), told heartwire.
		The population consisted of 549 mostly male patients in sinus rhythm and an LVEF <40% (average 25%) who were in NYHA class 1-3, divided nearly evenly between those with ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy.
		Although at least one prior study has suggested that TWA isn't predictive of death and ventricular arrhythmias among patients with a prolonged QRS interval,[5] according to the common definition also used in Bigger's study, retrospective data from the TWA in HF trial suggests the opposite.
	www.alternanza.it /Bigger.htm (1033 words)

	CSAC Special Report
		Noninvasive evaluation of left ventricular (LV) function (ie, measuring LVEF) should be performed in patients with a strong family history of cardiomyopathy and in those receiving cardiotoxic interventions.
		Class III changes advise that digoxin should not be used in patients with a low LVEF, sinus rhythm, and no history of HF symptoms and that calcium channel blockers may be harmful in patients with a low LVEF and no HF symptoms after either a distant or a recent MI.
		An ICD is indicated to prolong survival in patients with a history of cardiac arrest or hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia (secondary prevention) and to reduce total mortality in patients with ischemic heart disease or nonischemic cardiomyopathy with an LVEF of 30% or less and criteria as outlined within the guidelines (primary prevention).
	www.jaapa.com /issues/j20060401/articles/csac0406.htm (2293 words)

	Relationship Between Preoperative Viability and Postoperative Improvement in LVEF and Heart Failure Symptoms -- Bax et ...
		Scatterplot of changes in LVEF after surgery grouped according to extent of preoperative viability.
		Mean preoperative LVEF was not significantly different in the three groups.
		LVEF and presented with heart failure symptoms (11,17).
	jnm.snmjournals.org /cgi/content/full/42/1/79 (4419 words)

	Functional monitoring of anthracycline cardiotoxicity: a prospective, blinded, long-term observational study of outcome ...
		The probability of recovering 15% in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), after a relative decline from pre-treatment values of at least 20%.
		Bars indicate patients with a relative fall of 20% in LVEF with a subsequent measurement ‘at risk’ for recovery (n = 34).
		LVEF values she had a decline in LVEF from 50 to 30% after 5
	annonc.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/13/5/699 (4528 words)

	Cardiac Abnormalities in Diabetic Patients With Neuropathy: Effects of aldose reductase inhibitor administration -- ...
		Figure 1— Exercise LVEF (A) and stroke volume (B) at baseline and over the course of treatment for 1 year with either placebo or zopolrestat (results from the two zopolrestat groups were pooled as described in the
		The increase in LVEF during exercise is determined by a number
		LVEF (41) and also prevent HF in asymptomatic patients with
	care.diabetesjournals.org /cgi/content/full/27/2/448 (4297 words)

	NT-proBNP: a new diagnostic screening tool to differentiate between patients with normal and reduced left ventricular ...
		A reduced LVEF was defined as a value of
		LVEF and 1n(NT-proBNP) is shown in fig 1
		The three lines identified according to LVEF values were significantly different (p < 0.001), but not their slopes.
	heart.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/89/2/150 (3574 words)

	Left ventricular dysfunction predicted by early troponin I release after high-dose chemotherapy -- Cardinale et al. 36 ...
		Figure 2 Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) at baseline and during the seven months of follow-up of troponin I positive (cTnI+; solid circle) and negative (cTnI–; solid square) patients.
		Figure 3 Maximal percent changes in end-diastolic volume (EDV), end-systolic volume (ESV) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) observed during the follow-up in the two groups of patients.
		and the degree of late LVEF reduction was observed (Fig.
	content.onlinejacc.org /cgi/content/full/36/2/517 (3487 words)

	Cardiac Effect of Thyrotoxicosis in Acromegaly -- Marzullo et al. 85 (4): 1426 -- Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & ...
		By contrast, an abnormal LVEF response to exercise
		LVEF; bottom) in hyperthyroid acromegalic patients compared to healthy control subjects and hyperthyroid control subjects (cross-sectional study).
		LVEF; bottom) in acromegalic patients during the different follow-up evaluations (longitudinal study).
	jcem.endojournals.org /cgi/content/full/85/4/1426 (4048 words)

	LVEF AMD CHF
		Questions in the Heart Forum are being answered by doctors from The Cleveland Clinic Heart Center, consistently ranked the #1 Heart Center in America.
		Is LVEF a true indicator that would describe the severity of CHF.
		Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is only one marker of heart function but is a fairly good marker.
	www.medhelp.org /forums/cardio/archive/6046.html (300 words)

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		At the July Chamber of Commerce Mixer, LVEF and several other organzations thanked the Forresters for their generous contributions to our community.
		We are honored to have been chosen by this fine group of men to receive this much needed and appreciated funding.
		Donations* are always welcome and can also be made using LVEF's traditional donation form or via Direct Debit.
	www.lvef.org (231 words)

	Left ventricular mass index as a prognostic factor in patients with severe aortic stenosis and ventricular dysfunction ...
		LVEF and LVMI is summarized in Table 5.
		LVMI was the strongest predictor of death in LVEF
		These patients have a low LVEF and a severely increased LVMI.
	icvts.ctsnetjournals.org /cgi/content/full/4/3/260 (2540 words)

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