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Question:
What is a normal reading of the left ventricular ejection fraction?
submitted by Lisa from Springfield, Missouri
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, Patrick Cook, MD
Various imaging modalities and "readers" assign different numbers to "normal". It is generally in the range of 55-70%.
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Updated October 2014
