Learn what warning signs led three Black women to get tested for heart failure.
If you’re experiencing heart failure, which happens when your heart can’t pump enough blood to support your body, you might not know it right away. The condition’s subtler symptoms, like fatigue, nausea, and low appetite,1 can sometimes seem like the result of an extra tiring week at work or even a stomach bug. If the signs of heart failure aren’t obvious, you might live with it for years without knowing.
One was a positron emission tomography test, a tool that can be used to measure a person’s “ejection fraction,” or the percentage of blood your heart pumps out with each beat.8 Dixon’s ejection fraction was 17%—far below 40%, or what’s considered a normal amount—which can sometimes indicate heart failure.
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