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Prognostic Value of Chronotropic Incompetence in Elderly Patients Undergoing Exercise Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Juliana Silva de Santana,
José Carlos Sizino Franco Filho,
ANTONIO ALBERTO DA COSTA NETO,
Enaldo Vieira de Melo,
Nathalie Oliveira de Santana,
Ana Terra Fonseca Barreto,
Luiza Dantas Melo,
José Augusto Barreto Filho,
Antônio Carlos Sobral Sousa,
Joselina Luzia Menezes Oliveira
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
Language(s) - Portuguese
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1678-4170
pISSN - 0066-782X
DOI - 10.5935/abc.20130091
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , chronotropic , myocardial infarction , ventricle , angina , heart failure , disease , heart rate , blood pressure
Chronotropic incompetence (CI), defined as failure to achieve less than 80% of age-expected heart rate, is a predictor of mortality and adverse cardiovascular events and may confer a worse prognosis in elderly diabetic individuals.

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