What Is An Elevated Lvedp
2 Topics FoundAND MILDLY ELEVATED LVEDP....PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IT ALL MEANS. THANK YOU. ## Hello, Nina! How are you? This stands for left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, it means there's elevated pressure in your the left ventricle of your heart, this commonly occurs in people after having a heart attack and sometimes before heart failure, but it may also be benign, as listed by the NIH. Have you had any symptoms? Have you had a heart attack, heart failure or high blood pressure? Are you on any medications?
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I had a cardiac Cath and the summary says LM minimal luminary irregularities LED minimal luminal irregularities lcx minimal luminar irregularities RCA minimum irregularities and LV mild Global hypokinesis EF 50% elevated lvedp what does this mean ## Hello, Debbie! How are you? Did your doctor not explain anything? To keep it simple, luminal irregularities refers to changes due to atherosclerotic plaque, the word minimal refers to how much there is, in this case, they didn't see a significant amount, but there is some, so lifestyle and dietary changes may be needed to prevent future worsening. The LV mild Global hypokinesis EF 50% elevated lvedp refers to the injection fraction of your left ventricle. Generally a rate of 50% or lower means that your heart pumping as good as it should...
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