The speed of that heart rate recovery in the 20 seconds after standing predicted an older adult's risk of dying within the next four years, according to a team at Trinity College Dublin, in Ireland.
The new study included nearly 4,500 Irish adults aged 50 and older. The research showed that those with the slowest heart rate recovery were seven times more likely to die in the next four years compared to those with the fastest heart rate recovery.
Those with the slowest recovery remained 2.3 times more likely to die during the study period even after the researchers accounted for other factors...
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Poster Comment:
Some times, upon rising from bed, my occasional SV Tachychardia returns to normal rate well within 20 seconds.