Heart Rate and Its Importance in Cardiovascular Diseases

Abstract

Nowadays, though, there has been renewed interest in heart rate as a potential risk factor for many cardiovascular diseases, and lots of investigators have reanalyzed their previous databases to look for a possible relationship between heart rate and cardiovascular risk. A fast heart rate is really an important and independent predictor of rotten cardiovascular outcomes. There is indeen an association between a faster heart rate and numerous cardiovascular events and risk factors. This review is timely as it will intend to bring into focus the importance of the heart rate in our daily clinical practise.