Why the study?
Elevated heart rate is associated with adverse diseases and outcomes, warranting an overview of resting heart rate as a predictor of cardiovascular risk.
Does resting heart rate predict cardiovascular risk in the general population and in pathophysiological conditions?
Does resting heart rate predict cardiovascular risk in the general population and in pathophysiological conditions?
This review highlights the role of resting heart rate as an easily measurable predictor of cardiovascular risk, guiding potential non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions.
Resting heart rate may aid risk stratification; leaves open whether lowering it improves outcomes.
Heart rate is a parameter that is very easy to measure and is widely used both in clinic and during daily life activities. Its value gained more relevance with the evidence, in prospective studies and meta-analysis, of association between elevated heart rate values and diseases and outcomes.The increased knowledge of physiological mechanisms of heart rate control and the pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for its dysfunction allows to identify the cut-off value of normalcy providing info for non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments to reduce the cardiovascular risk both in general population and in pathophysiological conditions. This paper overviews the knowledges of the role of resting heart rate as predictor of cardiovascular risk.
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