ASSOCIATION OF AVERAGE HEART-RATE ON 24-HOUR AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS WITH INCIDENCE OF NEW CORONARY EVENTS AT 48-MONTH FOLLOW-UP IN 1,311 PATIENTS (MEAN AGE 81 YEARS) WITH HEART-DISEASE AND SINUS RHYTHM

Authors
ARONOW WS AHN C MERCANDO AD EPSTEIN S
Citation
Ws. Aronow et al., ASSOCIATION OF AVERAGE HEART-RATE ON 24-HOUR AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS WITH INCIDENCE OF NEW CORONARY EVENTS AT 48-MONTH FOLLOW-UP IN 1,311 PATIENTS (MEAN AGE 81 YEARS) WITH HEART-DISEASE AND SINUS RHYTHM, The American journal of cardiology, 78(10), 1996, pp. 1175
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
78
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)78:10<1175:AOAHO2>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A prospective study performed in 1,311 men and women, mean age 81 year s, with heart disease and sinus rhythm showed at 48-month follow-up th at male sex, increasing age, and average 24-hour heart rate measured f rom 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiograms were independent risk factor s for new coronary events. There was a 1.14 times higher chance of dev eloping new coronary events for an increment of 5 beats/min of heart r ate after controlling the confounding effect of other risk factors.