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What are the causes of lowered ejection fraction?

Answer:
Ejection fraction is Stroke Volume/end-diastolic volume. This is a measure of the amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle each beat.

Things that can lower this ejection fraction are:
Damage to the heart muscle (heartattack)
Weak muscle
Lack of muscle (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Low fluid volume
CHF....
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