[Heart rate and mortality].
Is increased heart rate a marker or a risk factor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality? Several studies, including the Framingham study, have reported an association. In a large-scale French study, conducted in the Centre d'Investigations Préventives et Cliniques of Paris, based on a cohort of 20,000 male and female patients, heart rate was found to be a marker independent of the other risk factors and its increase was correlated with that of overall mortality in women, and cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality in men. It remains to be seen whether pharmacological reduction of heart rate decreases mortality.
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Hôpital Broussais, Paris.
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors
Fréquence cardiaque et mortalité.