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The author suggests that the Rate Pressure Product (RPP) may be a better predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than blood pressure or heart rate alone, calling for recalculation of existing trial data.
The author advocates for recalculating existing cardiovascular trial data to establish the Rate Pressure Product (RPP) as a primary predictor of clinical outcomes.
a 'Living Legend of Cardiovascular Medicine', pointed out 'The Golden Decade of Cardiology' when Scipione Riva-Rocci 1896 discovered the measurement of blood pressure and Wilhelm Roentgen 1905 developed 'Roentgenology'(X-ray), thus emphasizing that these two methods 'led to an explosion in the field of cardiology', and both of them are still used routinely all over the world more than 100 years later! 1
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Kurt Stoschitzky (2022) conducted an editorial in Cardiovascular disease and hypertension. Rate Pressure Product (RPP) was evaluated. The author suggests that the Rate Pressure Product (RPP) may be a better predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than blood pressure or heart rate alone, calling for recalculation of existing trial data.
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