RESTING HEART RATE AND CHANGES IN HEART RATE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ADVERSE OUTCOME IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITHOUT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHARM PROGRAM

Baseline heart rate (HR) is associated with increased risk of adverse outcome in heart failure (HF) patients without AF. We aimed to assess whether the HR at any given time point (current HR) or a change in HR was associated with adverse outcome. We studied 5155 patients without AF (age 64±11 yrs