heart infraction - Heart Disorders Message Board

rgmsr54 · 07-14-2008, 10:14 PM

i have been told my heart is only working at 54% infraction rate unsure what this mean in the bigger picture, or if there is a bigger picture. can anyone help enlighten me.

hopesprings2 · 07-17-2008, 09:11 AM

something i guess for a doctor to answer

nosa47 · 07-17-2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by rgmsr54

i have been told my heart is only working at 54% infraction rate unsure what this mean in the bigger picture, or if there is a bigger picture. can anyone help enlighten me.

What you might have been told was that your EJECTION FRACTION rate (not infraction rate) was 54%. This number usually refers to the fraction of blood pumped from the left ventricle of the heart, reflecting its efficiency. 55% and over are considered normal. So based on that number alone your are in that ballpark. Are you having any symptoms? What did your doctor say?

veek26 · 07-29-2008, 05:51 PM

I have congestive heart failure and my ejection fraction at the time on diagnosis was only 10%. Now after medication and what not I have moved it up to 18%. Still very under normal. From what my cardiologist has told me a "normal" persons EJ is anywhere between 50 adn 60% so your is pumping out blood as it should.

Paulbunyan · 09-08-2008, 12:06 PM

My brother-in-law just called me from Mississippi. He is in the hospital at this time. He said that he had a heart cath performed and the Dr told him that his heart infraction rate was 56. He has high blood pressure, over weight, and works in a very stressfull job. Could someone be so kind to explain to me in layman terms what does the 56% heart infraction mean. Thank you for you help. We just didn't know what the numbers meant. God Bless, Paul Bunyan