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After an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the LVEF may be used for prognosis and therapy purposes. Despite the importance of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) testing as a performance indicator for AMI patients, nothing is known about the current rates of in-hospital assessment or how it relates to therapeutic utilization. Objective: To ascertain the prevalence of LVEF patterns in individuals with AMI. Methods: It was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted at the Department of Cardiology, King Edward Medical University/ Affiliated Hospital, Lahore, from March 2025 to September 2025 under IRB number 783/RC/KEMU. A total of 110 patients were enrolled through nonprobability purposive sampling. Data analysis was done on SPSS version 26.0. Quantitative variables were presented as mean ± S.D. Qualitative variables, i.e., gender, types of myocardial infarction (STEMI/ NSTEMI), and patterns of left ventricular function (Abnormal/ moderately to severely impaired) were presented as frequency and percentage. Results: The average age of the cases in this study was 52.74 ± 8.08 years. There were 72 (65.5%) males and 38 (34.5%) females enrolled in this study. The mean BMI, LVEF, and duration of MI were 27.62 ± 4.27 (kg/m2), 35.30 ± 7.88 (%), and 176.18 ± 5.65 (minutes). There were 35 (31.8%) patients diagnosed with STEMI and 75 (68.2%) diagnosed with NSTEMI. There were 40 (36.4%) patients found with abnormal LVEF patterns and 70 (63.6%) with moderately to severely impaired LVEF. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the majority of patients with acute MI had moderately to severely impaired LVEF.