Echocardiogram

[Judy2208]

My echocardiogram came back showing mild LV systolic dysfunction with ejection fraction of 50% LV end disatole was 5.8cm is this good or bad

[Judy2208]

After my heart attack last march done all cardio rehab and was champion. I was playing golf after 5 week I had 4 stents fitted

About 3 month ago suddenly started getting out of breath very quickly

Just walking up stairs had echocardio which showed result above

Dr has also now says may be getting out of breath due to the Ticagrelor which if keeps up will change to Clopidogrel so will have to wait and see

[NorthantsSteve]

Hi Judy. Re EF as TWU says over 55% is normal. But please bear in mind that the ideal isn’t 100%. The fraction refers to the amount of blood that’s pushed around the body from the left ventricle in each cycle. Basically you don’t want to push all the blood out! 50% is classed as the middle of the ‘mild’ range.

In terms of the LV (left venticular) measurement (and I may be getting this wrong as the table I’m looking at refers to internal diameter in diastole (cm) or LV end diastolic volume (ml). But not LV end diastole in cm). Assuming this refers to LV Internal Diameter in diastole (for women) normal = 3.9-5.3, mild = 5.4-5.7, moderate = 5.8-6.1 and severe is 6.2 and over. So if that’s right - you’re on the very bottom of moderate and verging on mild.

If you’re interested this is the table I was looking at. bhf.org.uk/-/media/files/pu...

Hope you get it sorted. I’m not a medical person - but if my reading of the table is right then a summary of mild dysfunction would fit. Sounds like your doctor is on the case. Hope you get back to your golf soon.

[Dolphin14]

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