2024-02-16 05:26:01
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Published on 16 Feb 24 at 6:26 See my news Follow News
Not yet systematic in medical practices, measuring resting heart rate (HR) might quickly become so. In any case, this is the wish of Dr Patrick Jourdain, cardiologist at the René Dubos hospital center in Pontoise (Val-d’Oise). In his eyes, it is “a cardiovascular risk factor in its own right, independent of the others: blood pressure and cholesterol levels”.
Generally speaking, “the higher the resting heart rate, the greater the risk of death from sudden death in the 10 to 15 years that follow,” he explains. And this truth applies to patients suffering from coronary heart disease as well as healthy subjects.
70 beats per minute
For cardiologists, a resting heart rate is elevated if it exceeds 70 beats per minute. But beware of interpreting the figures.
If a person has a high HR, this simply means that their risk of death by sudden death, at 10 years, is greater than someone whose HR is lower.
Patrick JourdainCardiologist
Some exercice. To influence your life expectancy and reduce your heart rate to between 60 and 70 beats per minute, there is nothing better than regular physical activity. Active walking for example. “Let’s add stopping smoking and following a balanced diet, especially in overweight people,” continues the cardiologist.
How to measure?
Interestingly, there is no “standard” as there is for self-measurement of blood pressure. Wrist, neck, whatever. “The important thing is to be at rest in a quiet, dimly lit place for 30 minutes, to take three measurements and take an average,” explains Dr Jourdain. At the doctor’s office, it’s a completely different story. It’s up to the doctor to take the time to eliminate any white coat effect…
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