Is heart rate recovery after exercise related to the insulin resistance syndrome and heart rate variability in elderly men?
Heart rate recovery 1 minute after exercise was related to measurements of 24-hour heart rate variability. Furthermore, heart rate recovery after exercise was related to several of the major components of the insulin resistance syndrome, thereby establishing a link between this syndrome and cardiac autonomic nervous activity.
Compared with the recommended high intensity, low anticoagulation intensity (median INR<2.5) may be more beneficial for the MVR patients using the lowest thrombogenic risk bileaflet valves. We recommended an INR between 2.0 and 2.5, with a median INR of 2.3 for these MVR patients.