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Review
. 2023 Oct;46(10):2318-2325.
doi: 10.1038/s41440-023-01394-9. Epub 2023 Jul 27.

High blood pressure with elevated resting heart rate: a high risk "Sympathetic" clinical phenotype

Guido Grassi #  1 , Raffaella Dell'Oro #  2 , Michele Bombelli  2 , Cesare Cuspidi  2 , Fosca Quarti-Trevano  2
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Review

High blood pressure with elevated resting heart rate: a high risk "Sympathetic" clinical phenotype

Guido Grassi et al. Hypertens Res. 2023 Oct.

Abstract

Epidemiological studies have unequivocally shown that elevated heart rate values measured at rest have an adverse prognostic impact in the hypertensive patient, being associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events and complications. In recent years new data have been collected on this issue, strengthening the clinical relevance of elevated heart rate as a specific hypertensive phenotype. The present paper will review old and new data on the prognostic importance of resting tachycardia in the hypertensive patient. It will also examine the role of the sympathetic nervous system in the development of this alteration as well as its therapeutic implications. The different approaches to dynamically assess heart rate values in the clinical setting will be finally discussed.

Keywords: Cardiovascular; Events; Heart rate; Hypertension; Sympathetic nervous system.

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