Heart Rate in Hypertension: Review and Expert Opinion.

Heart Rate in Hypertension: Review and Expert Opinion. Int J Hypertens. 2019;2019:2087064 Authors: Dalal J, Dasbiswas A, Sathyamurthy I, Maddury SR, Kerkar P, Bansal S, Thomas J, Mandal SC, Mookerjee S, Natarajan S, Kumar V, Chandra N, Khan A, Vijayakumar R, Sawhney JPS Abstract Heart rate (HR) is strongly associated with both peripheral and central blood pressures. This association has implications in hypertension (HTN) prognosis and management. Elevated HR in HTN further elevates the risk of adverse outcomes. Evidence suggests that HR is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) and total mortality in patients with HTN. With objective to engage physicians and researchers in India to identify and discuss the implications related to HR management in HTN, experts in the HTN management provided consensus recommendations. The key expert recommendations included the following. (i) Heart rate (HR) has inverse relationship with the central aortic pressure, whereby reduction in HR is associated with an increase in central aortic pressure. This counter-balances the benefit of HR reduction with the harmful effects of rising central aortic pressure. (ii) Increase in the resting HR is associated with increased risk of incident HTN. A linear association between the two is observed especially in individuals with HR >80 bpm. (iii) A reduced HR variability further adds to the propensity for the development of HTN, especially in men. (...
Source: International Journal of Hypertension - Category: Cardiology Tags: Int J Hypertens Source Type: research