In small Fermi energy metals, disorder can deeply modify superconducting state properties leading to a strong suppression of the critical temperature Tc. In this paper, we show that also normal state properties can be seriously influenced by disorder when the Fermi energy EF is sufficiently small. We calculate the normal state spin susceptibility χ for a narrow band electron-phonon coupled meta...

HEART FAILURE (HF) WITH preserved ejection fraction (EF) accounts for more than 50% of the total HF population. Community-based cohort studies have shown that mortality rates are similar in HF with preserved EF compared with HF with reduced EF, but data from large clinical trials point toward a better outcome in HF with preserved EF. This may indicate that comorbidities that are typically exclu...

Left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) depends on ventricular contractility, afterload, and preload. Preload is related to end-diastolic volume (EDV) and pressure; the relationship between these 2 parameters (the end-diastolic pressurevolume relationship, EDPVR) indexes the degree of ventricular remodeling. Although EF is known to correlate with mortality in the subset of heart failure patient...

BACKGROUND The relationship between whole spectrum of Ejection fraction (EF) and cardioembolic stroke (CES) outcome has not been fully described yet. Notably, it remains unclear whether borderline EF (41∼49%) is related with poor outcome after CES. We sought to evaluate whether lower ejection fraction and borderline EF could predict the outcome in patients with CES. METHOD AND RESULTS We eval...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are any consistent spirometric or Dsb findings in patients with LV dysfunction characterized by a clinical diagnosis of CHF and an EF less than 40 percent. We performed spirometry and Dsb in 34 patients, and found that EF correlated only with Dsb. When we separated the patients into those with rales and those without, Dsb correlated stron...