- Home
- Medical news & Guidelines
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology and CTVS
- Critical Care
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
- ENT
- Gastroenterology
- Medicine
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Obstretics-Gynaecology
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics
- Pediatrics-Neonatology
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Surgery
- Urology
- Laboratory Medicine
- Diet
- Nursing
- Paramedical
- Physiotherapy
- Health news
- Fact Check
- Bone Health Fact Check
- Brain Health Fact Check
- Cancer Related Fact Check
- Child Care Fact Check
- Dental and oral health fact check
- Diabetes and metabolic health fact check
- Diet and Nutrition Fact Check
- Eye and ENT Care Fact Check
- Fitness fact check
- Gut health fact check
- Heart health fact check
- Kidney health fact check
- Medical education fact check
- Men's health fact check
- Respiratory fact check
- Skin and hair care fact check
- Vaccine and Immunization fact check
- Women's health fact check
- AYUSH
- State News
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chandigarh
- Chattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Daman and Diu
- Delhi
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Puducherry
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttrakhand
- West Bengal
- Medical Education
- Industry
Higher Resting Heart Rate Linked to Increased Mortality in Non-Dialysis-Dependent CKD Patients: Study Reveals
Japan: A study published in Scientific Reports found that an elevated heart rate is linked to a heightened mortality risk and cardiovascular events in patients with non-dialysis-dependent CKD.
An increased heart rate is acknowledged as an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in the general population. However, the link between elevated heart rate and adverse clinical outcomes in patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (CKD) has not been thoroughly explored.
In this study, 1,353 participants from the Fukushima CKD Cohort Study, conducted by Hirotaka Saito and colleagues from the Department of Nephrology and Hypertension at Fukushima Medical University, were analyzed to examine the relationship between resting heart rate and clinical adverse outcomes using Cox proportional hazards analysis.
The key findings of the study are as follows:
- A higher resting heart rate in patients with non-dialysis-dependent CKD was associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality.
- Participants with a resting heart rate of 80-89/min had a 1.74 times higher risk of mortality compared to those with a heart rate below 70/min.
- Those with a heart rate of 90/min or higher had a 2.61 times higher risk of mortality compared to the reference group.
- The group with a heart rate of 80-89/min also showed a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular events.
- However, the increased risk of cardiovascular events was not statistically significant in the group with a heart rate of 90/min or higher.
In summary, the findings of this study indicated that a higher resting heart rate is linked to all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in patients with non-dialysis-dependent CKD. Future interventional studies are needed to determine whether lowering heart rate in CKD patients could improve clinical outcomes. It is important to recognize that, although various studies have observed associations between elevated heart rate and adverse clinical outcomes, the relationship between heart rate and mortality is complex. Age, comorbidities, and overall cardiovascular health significantly influence an individual's risk profile. Therefore, heart rate management should be personalized, with treatment decisions based on a comprehensive patient's overall health evaluation.
Reference
Saito, H., Tanaka, K., Ejiri, H. et al. Elevated resting heart rate is associated with mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. Sci Rep 14, 17372 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67970-2
Dr Kamal Kant Kohli-MBBS, DTCD- a chest specialist with more than 30 years of practice and a flair for writing clinical articles, Dr Kamal Kant Kohli joined Medical Dialogues as a Chief Editor of Medical News. Besides writing articles, as an editor, he proofreads and verifies all the medical content published on Medical Dialogues including those coming from journals, studies,medical conferences,guidelines etc. Email: drkohli@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751