The heart exam section covers physical exam and diagnostics about the patient's heart. For best results, findings should characterize the condition of the heart during the initial forty-eight hours of hospitalization. For example, if the circumflex and right coronary arteries are both blocked, enter the number 2. If no coronary arteries are blocked, or if no exam or blockage test was performed within forty-eight hours of admission, leave zero as the default. Remember, however, that including test results after forty-eight hours may yield unreliable calculations.
Ejection fraction Enter the patient's ejection fraction as a percent in the appropriate box.
If no ejection fraction value is available or if none of the above tests was performed within the first forty-eight hours of admission, leave the default value of 70. In general, ejection fraction values from tests performed after forty-eight hours of admission are not reliable for use in this survival calculator. After ejection fraction, the heart exam contains a group of four check boxes covering the current condition of the patient's heart. Other terms for CHF include interstitial fluid, cardiac or ventricular decompensation, interstitial edema, lung edema, pulmonary interstitial edema, and kerley b-lines. If the patient has a finding of cardiac hypertrophy diagnosed during the first forty-eight hours of admission, then mark the appropriate box.