OBJECTIVE To evaluate the predictive value of resting heart rate (RHR) for cardiac and total mortality in a large population of patients referred for coronary angiography with an extended follow-up, stratified in four subpopulations according to gender and age (50th percentile corresponding to 67 years).We studied 3559 subjects (2603 males, age: 66 ± 11 years, mean ± SD), obtaining patient data from the Institute electronic databank which saves demographic, clinical, instrumental and follow-up data of patients admitted to our department.During a mean follow-up period of 35 ± 25 months, 296 (8

作者：C, Vassalle；S, Maffei；S, Bianchi；P, Landi；C, Carpeggiani

来源：Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society 2014 年 17卷 3期