Ejection Factor

What is the normal ejection factor for your heart?

[FLBrat]

for the average heart 55-70%.  

[anacyde]

Actually, 50-70 is normal.  55-65 is optimal.

And it's ejection fraction ;)  Hope that helps.

[FLBrat]

Actually, per the Mayo Clinic, experts in cardiac care:

Because the left ventricle is the heart's main pumping chamber, ejection fraction is usually measured only in the left ventricle (LV). A normal LV ejection fraction is 55 percent to 70 percent.  

[ajrenalli]

now I am reallyyy confused. :)

[va_tony]

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/cardio/messages/35430.html

[FLBrat]

why would you be confused?  the numbers themselves are really not that far apart.  I am a patient at Mayo and pretty much go with the information they provide.  As Tony points out, a Dr on Medhelp has a set of numbers he rolls with.  Take your choice and there you go.  (Mine is running below 40% and I am not going to worry about it.)

[ajrenalli]

50%? 55%?? I don't know what to think.  65%? 70%?

[FLBrat]

where do you stand on your number.  If it is anywhere between 50 and 70....be happy.

[Jo846]

My EF was 12%.  I left the country, had my Stem Cells replicated last November.  Just completed a Muga Scan....known to be the "cadilac" of tests to determine EF number.  It is now at 30%.  Never would have happened without autoglunos stem cells.....what a shame one has to leave the country for the procedure.  Those numbers do count when you are looking for a quality of life.  I had no heart issues until a viral attack.

[pattimoorewhite]

My ejection factor is 15-20% and I feel fine. Had no heart issues until a viral attack also. Where, out of the country, did you go?

[Jo846]

Doctor that did the Stem Cell procedure has offices in Florida.  The actual procedure was done in the Dominican Republic...after my stem cells were replicated in Israel.