..., there are many factors regulating heart rate, and it is quite plausible that these may independently affect life expectancy. Nonetheless, a fast heart rate itself affects the cardiovascular system in multiple ways (it increases ventricular work, myocardial oxygen consumption, endothelial stress, aortic/arterial...

... factors Serum cholesterol Blood pressure Cigarettes Diabetes Coronay mortality Total mortality Longevity Life expectancy Prevention Cardiology 1993;82:191-222 Jeremiah Slamlera Alan R. Dyera Richard B. Shekelleb James Neatonc Rose Stamler3 Department of Preventive Medicine. Northwestern...

...Silas R.A. Dodu Developing countries are subject to the same risks that have contributed to the high incidence of cardiovascular diseases in the already developed countries. Improvements in life expectancy at birth lead to predictable shifts in the cause-of-death structure over time. The stage...

... of whom by cardiac cause. Among the exercise test data, the most discriminant for long-term survival was the exercise capacity, in spite of a poor correlation parameter for prediction of life expectancy. 7 11 2008 Cardiology 68 (Suppl. 2): 114-123 (1981) Predictive Value of Symptom-Limited...