Combining heart rate and systolic blood pressure to improve risk stratification in older patients with heart failure: Findings from the RICA Registry

Abstract

The combination provides better risk discrimination than use of HR and SBP alone and may provide a simple and reliable tool for risk assessment for older HF patients in clinical practice.

Prognostic value of daytime heart rate, blood pressure, their products and quotients in chronic heart failure

“…In summary, according to many authors the prognostic role of BP and HR in HF outcome cannot be overestimated. Some authors have suggested that combining HF and SBP constitutes a valuable prognostic factor in older patients with HF [39]. Nevertheless, there are still few reports concerning the prognostic value of HR and SBP combinations, products or quotients in patients with CHF.…”