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- Ejection fraction: An important heart test - Mayo Clinic
Ejection fraction is a measurement of the percentage of blood leaving the heart each time it squeezes When the heart squeezes, it's called a contraction Ejection fraction is just one of many tests your healthcare professional may use to see how your heart works The heart squeezes and relaxes When the heart squeezes, it pumps out — or ejects — blood from the two lower heart chambers
- Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): More than . . .
Nearly half of all patients with heart failure have a normal ejection fraction (EF) The prevalence of this syndrome, termed heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), continues to increase in the developed world, likely because of the increasing prevalence of common risk factors
- Publications - Michael P. Skolka, M. D. - Mayo Clinic
Hennrikus EF, Skolka MP, Hennrikus N Applying Metacognition Through Patient Encounters and Illness Scripts to Create a Conceptual Framework for Basic Science Integration, Storage, and Retrieval
- HIDA scan - Mayo Clinic
Overview A hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid (HIDA) scan is an imaging procedure used to diagnose problems of the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts For a HIDA scan, also known as cholescintigraphy or hepatobiliary scintigraphy, a radioactive tracer is injected into a vein in the arm The tracer travels through the bloodstream to the liver, where the bile-producing cells take it up The tracer
- Publications - Molly E. Lohman, M. D. - Mayo Clinic
Vidal NY, Rios-Duarte JA, Lohman ME Nuances of cytokeratin-7 immunohistochemistry interpretation during Mohs micrographic surgery for anogenital extramammary Paget's disease Int J Dermatol 2025 Apr; 64 (4):780-781 Epub 2024 Dec 11 View PubMed Hutson SD, Lohman ME, Johnson EF Smooth, Firm, Skin
- Broken leg - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Overview A broken leg (leg fracture) is a break or crack in one of the bones in your leg Common causes include falls, motor vehicle accidents and sports injuries Treatment of a broken leg depends on the location and severity of the injury A severely broken leg may require metal pins and plates to hold the fragments together Less severe breaks may be treated with a cast or splint In all
- Aquatic exercises - Mayo Clinic
Nagle EF, et al Aquatic exercise for health: Probing the depths of HIIT for cardiometabolic training ACSM's Health Fitness Journal 2019; doi: 10 1249 FIT 0000000000000493 Heywood S, et al Effectiveness of aquatic exercise in improving lower limb strength in musculoskeletal conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Nuclear stress test - Mayo Clinic
Overview A nuclear stress test is an imaging test that shows how blood goes to the heart at rest and during exercise It uses a small amount of radioactive material, called a tracer or radiotracer The substance is given through a vein An imaging machine takes pictures of how the tracer moves through the heart arteries This helps find areas of poor blood flow or damage in the heart
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