Prognostic Value of Heart Rate in Cardiovascular Disease
Apichard Sukonthasarn MD*
Affiliation : * Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chaing Mai University, Chaing Mai
Background
Those animals that live longer tend to have
slower heart rates (HR). Several plausible theories
suggest that this may not be a chance association but
that the slower heart rate may have a causal relation-
ship to longer life. Accordingly, a large number of
cohort studies in the past years have tried to establish
whether HR measurement may portend significant
prognostic implications in apparently healthy subjects
or even in cardiac patients.
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