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ejection fraction

noun

ejection fraction

noun
1

Cardiology, Medicine, Sciences The proportion of blood ejected out of the left ventricle with each heartbeat.

  • Isoproterenol produced vasodilatation and increased rate, with reduction of EDV and increase in ejection fraction in normal subjects.1964 January 23, William C. Elliott, Francis J. Lane, Richard Gorlin, “Measurement of left ventricular volume in man by thermodilution”, in The American Journal of Cardiology, volume 13, number 1, page 106:

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