Variation in Heart Rate with the Severity of Hypertension
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Heart rate was determined in 53 Essential hypertension patients of variable severity from electrocardiagrams recorded in each patient. The patients were newly diagnosed or were off treatment for at least 2-4 weeks.
Heart rate of hypertension patients was compared with the heart rate in 30 normo-tensive subjects. There was a significant increase in heart rate of borderline and mild hypertensive patients (p<0.001), whereas the heart in moderate, moderately serve and severe hypertensives showed no significant increase (p>0.05); however, there were eight hypertensives in borderline and mild hypertensive group with no significant increase in heart rate. The finding categorizes the borderline and mild hypertensives further in two groups i-e hypertensive with and without change in heart rate as a contributing factor in hypertensive process. While treating hypertensive patients, heart rate should be assessed to achieve effective response.
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