Ejection Fraction: Misunderstood and Overrated (Changing the Paradigm in Categorizing Heart Failure)

Circulation. 2017 Feb 21;135(8):717-719. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.025795.

Authors

Marvin A Konstam¹, François M Abboud²

Affiliations

¹ From The Cardiovascular Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.A.K.); and University of Iowa, Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Iowa City (F.M.A.).
² From The Cardiovascular Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.A.K.); and University of Iowa, Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Iowa City (F.M.A.). francois-abboud@uiowa.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac remodeling; ejection fraction; heart failure.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Humans
Stroke Volume*

Grants and funding

P01 HL014388/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States