What is a normal left ventricular ejection fraction?!
Question: A year ago I had an echocardiogram and my left ventricular ejection fraction was 62%, now it is 45%. I have cardiomyopathy. What does all this mean? Can you provide a credible website that explains it? Thank you. Any help is appreciated.
Answers: A year ago I had an echocardiogram and my left ventricular ejection fraction was 62%, now it is 45%. I have cardiomyopathy. What does all this mean? Can you provide a credible website that explains it? Thank you. Any help is appreciated.
A normal LV ejection fraction is on the order of 55%. I'm afraid I don't know which website can explain this, I beg your pardon.
My husband has TGA (transposition of the great arteries...plain English; his heart is backward).
I go to Discovery Health for a lot of information, and I also get on a forum called Heart and Coer (sp?) and you can find a lot of information.
It sounds like the walls of your heart may be thickening, which would decrease the ejection fraction, but I'm not a cardiologist so you would really want to consult yours.