[Heart rate and sympathetic risk].
A number of retrospective epidemiological and clinical arguments described in this article demonstrate that elevated heart rate (HR) is a predictive factor of cardiovascular risk due to activation of the sympathetic system which increases blood pressure and increases the risk of atherosclerosis and its complications. However, no epidemiological study has prospectively studied HR as the primary endpoint.
Siché
J P
JP
CHU, Grenoble.
D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*
Fréquence cardiaque et risque sympathique.