During these more than 20 years of evolution in understandings the mechanisms heart failure (HF) with preserved fractional ejection, there has been a rich variety terminology, including „diastolic failure“, „heart systolic function“ and fraction“. By defi nition, latter term “ejection fraction-induced failure” proved to be most appropriate was accepted as correct, presence diastolic dysfunction ...

‘Everything changes but change itself. Everything flows and nothing remains the same… You cannot step twice into river, for other waters yet others go flowing ever on.’ Heraclitus of Ephesus, ∼500 BC. Well 21st century, left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) measurement continues to be mainstay classification patients with heart failure (HF). Although EF has many recognized limitations, it is ...

In most patients with aortic regurgitation, valve replacement results in reduction in left ventricular dilatation and an increase in ejection fraction. To determine the relation between serial changes in ventricular dilatation and changes in ejection fraction, we studied 61 patients with chronic severe aortic regurgitation by echocardiography and radionuclide angiography before, 6-8 months afte...