@712
Sorry just been dealing with heart failure for 24 years and abbreviations are something I overlook.

EF stands for Ejection Fraction. This is the perecentage (%) amount of blood that is pumped out of heart once it is filled with blood. Normal is around 60-70 and I think when it goes below 50 they considered it heart failure.

The term heart failure is not a good term and almost every cardiologist will say so. It only means that the heart is not pumping out the normal % of blood from LV. The LV (Left Ventricle) is the ventricle that sends blood throughout body. In my opinion the name should be changed to reduced heart function (RHF) as the term heart failure implies the heart has failed and it has not until it actually fails to pump enough blood to live.

You can have heart failure in the RV (right ventricle and/or LV (left ventricle). I only have it on the LV. It is why I can exercise without restriction and have little to no side affects from the LV heart failure. Cardiovascular disease nor a heart attack caused my heart failure. It was cardiomyopathy that they determined was caused by a virus than left scar tissue in my heart. I screwed up my electrical system and I have a AICD/Pacemaker.

I was advised to take the following supplements. Co-Q-10 and Fish Oil by my heart failue doctor. And my EP (electrophysiologist) wants me to take 400 mg of Magnesium Citrate.

I don't think I have any foods that trigger my PVCs but there may be and just don't know it. I know I try to avoid caffine as it speeds up your heart.
Hope this information helped.

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