Ejection fraction, the percentage of blood the left ventricle pumps out with each beat, is one of the most consequential numbers in cardiology. It guides decisions about heart failure therapy, screens patients before chemotherapy, and determines eligibility for implantable defibrillators. Yet the measurement, typically derived from ultrasound videos of the heart, is notoriously reader-dependent: two sonographers looking at the same clip can disa…
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