Looking beyond ejection fraction: what we have in echocardiography

• Main Authors: Oben Baysan, İlke Zehra Akyıldız
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Center for Scientific Research and Development of Education. 2019-11-01
• Series: Heart Vessels and Transplantation
• Subjects: ejection fraction; left ventricular filling pressure; left atrial volume; global longitudinal strain; left ventricular mass
• Online Access: https://www.hvt-journal.com/articles/art165

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.