Rise In Resting Heart Rate Linked To Increased Risk Of Death From Coronary Artery Disease.

The New York Times  (1/3, D6, Bakalar, Subscription Publication) reports, "A large study  has found that a rise in resting heart rate over a decade may indicate an increased risk of death from coronary artery disease." Investigators "studied 30,000 healthy men and women age 20 and older, checking heart rates at intervals 10 years apart. The scientists followed the subjects through 2008, recording the number of deaths from coronary heart disease." Researchers found that, "compared with those whose heart rates remained stable at 70 beats per minute or less, those whose rates increased to 85 or more were almost twice as likely to die of heart disease." The research is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.