Resting heart rate and measures of effort-related cardiac autonomic dysfunction predict cardiovascular events in asymptomatic type 2 diabetes

Conclusions Chronotropic incompetence, resting tachycardia and reduced heart rate recovery are independently and additively associated with long-term mortality, myocardial infarction or stroke in type 2 diabetes without known coronary heart disease.

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Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - July 17, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Zafrir, B., Azencot, M., Dobrecky-Mery, I., Lewis, B. S., Flugelman, M. Y., Halon, D. A. Tags: Original scientific papers Source Type: research