Ejection Fraction (EF) is a measurement used by physicians to determine how well your heart is functioning. An EF is a percentage of blood that is pumped out of the heart during each beat. Ejection refers to the amount of blood that is pumped out of the heart's main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, during each heartbeat.
Mervyns was owned by Target Corp., for the most part under Target's previous incarnation as Dayton Hudson Corp., until 2004, when it was sold to a group of investors including Cerberus Capital Management and Sun Capital Partners.
Shoppers streaming in and out of the Mervyn's Department store on the corner of Masonic and Geary Streets on Friday Oct. 17, 2008, The ailing department store, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July, announced today that it plans to liquidate all of its stores. less.