RESTING HEART RATE AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES IN AFRICAN AMERICANS: INSIGHTS FROM THE JACKSON HEART STUDY

Authors :: Robert J. Mentz
Adrian F. Hernandez
Lesley H. Curtis
Takeki Suzuki
Emily C. O'Brien
Kishan S. Parikh
Melissa A. Greiner
Adam D. DeVore
Joseph Maher
Chad Blackshear
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67:1332
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2016.
Abstract: Increased resting heart rate (HR) is associated with worse outcomes in mostly white populations, but its significance is not well established in African Americans whose cardiac comorbidities and structural abnormalities differ. We studied the prognostic utility of HR in a community-based African

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Internal medicine
Cardiology
medicine
Long term outcomes
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
RESTING HEART RATE

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