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Categories: Heart diseases, Cardiomyopathy
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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction  HEF-PEF  HEF/PEF  HF/PEF  diastolic dysfunction
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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is a form of heart failure in which the ejection fraction – the percentage of the volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle with each heartbeat divided by the volume of blood when the left ventricle is maximally filled – is normal, defined as greater than 50%; this may be measured by echocardiography or cardiac catheterization. Wikipedia
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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is a form of heart failure in which the ejection fraction – the percentage of the volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle with each heartbeat divided by the volume of blood when the left ventricle is maximally filled – is normal, defined as greater than 50%; this may be measured by echocardiography or cardiac catheterization. Wikipedia