December 21st, 2011
Study Examines Changes in Resting Heart Rate Over Time
Larry Husten, PHD
Although resting heart rate (RHR) has been long known to be associated with cardiovascular risk, change in RHR over time has not been well studied. A new paper from Norway published in JAMA demonstrates that an increase in RHR over 10 years helps predict the risk of all-cause and ischemic heart disease (IHD) death. Javaid Nauman and colleagues analyzed […]