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Heart rate is associated with increased risk of major cardiovascular events, cardiovascular and all-cause death in patients with stable chronic cardiovascular disease: an analysis of ONTARGET/TRANSCEND

Abstract

AimsHeart rate was proposed as an emergent cardiovascular (CV) risk factor. Previous studies have shown associations between increased heart rate and CV risk in various populations. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic relevance of heart rate in a large contemporaneous medically optimized cohort of patients with stable chronic CV disease.Methods and resultsIn a post hoc analysis of the ONTARGET/TRANSCEND trials, we evaluated associations between …

Authors

Lonn EM; Rambihar S; Gao P; Custodis FF; Sliwa K; Teo KK; Yusuf S; Böhm M

Journal

Clinical Research in Cardiology, Vol. 103, No. 2, pp. 149–159

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

February 2014

DOI

10.1007/s00392-013-0644-4

ISSN

1861-0684