Search Tag: left ventricular ejection fraction

2025 11 Sep

Beta-blocker therapy significantly reduced a composite endpoint of all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events compared with no therapy in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) and preserved or mildly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), according to results from the BETAMI and DANBLOCK trials. Findings are published...Read more

2017 02 Jul

A new risk assessment tool has been developed by a Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute investigator and his team. The tool can help physicians better predict who is most likely to suffer a cardiac arrest. The findings are published in the European Heart Journal. Sudden cardiac arrest is fatal in over 90% of patients. However, it can be prevented if patients...Read more