[Heart rate and mortality: review of the literature].
A great number of studies focussed on a wide variety of subjects have been concerned with the subject of morbi-mortality and the effect of heart rate. These studies show that there is a connection between high heart rate and arterial hypertension, and a significant coronary, cardiovascular, non-cardiovascular and overall mortality risk. Two explanations are possible for this. The increase in heart rate together with associated sympathetic hyperactivity can be considered a cardiovascular risk factor: or it could be viewed as an independent risk factor, associated with an increase in mechanical constraints.
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