Reliability of heart rate in reflecting cardiac sympathetic overdrive in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Raffaella Dell’Oro,
Fosca Quarti-Trevano,
Stefano Ciardullo
et al.
Abstract:Purpose
Clinical trials have shown that in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) resting office heart rate (HR) values > 70 beats/minute are associated with an increased cardiovascular risk, a worse prognosis and an unfavorable outcome. The present study was aimed at investigating whether the above mentioned treshold HR values reflect a sympathetic overdrive of marked degree.
Methods
In 58 T2D patients (age range: 39–57 years) without signs of autonomic neurop… Show more
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