Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Silent Heart Disease Risk Factor Identified

Javaid Nauman, Ph.D., of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology found that patients with a high resting heart rate were more likely to die regardless of other risk factors, and even though they were free of heart disease. Previous research had suggested patients with a high resting heart rate might be at an increased risk of dying from ischemic heart disease, but the risk in changes in resting heart rate over time was unknown.

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