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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2008 Nov 6;156(6):1196–1200. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.08.007

Table 4.

Ejection fraction measures according to imaging modality among SCD-HeFT patients with EF ≤ 30%

Median EF
Method N Mean EF (SD) (25th, 75th %iles) Min,Max EF
Nuclear 455 (22%) 22.3 (5.7) 23 (19, 27) 5, 30
Contrast 395 (19%) 20.7 (6.0) 20 (15, 25) 5, 30
Echo 1249 (59%) 22.0 (5.8) 23 (19, 26) 5, 30

Contrast=Contrast angiography; Echo=Echocardiography; EF= Ejection fraction; Nuclear=Nuclear angiography