Blood Pressure/Heart Rate-Derived Ratios as Indices of Health and Cardiovascular Pathology

John E. Madias

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Abstract

This communication, based on a review of the relevant literature on ratios deriving from blood pressure and heart rate measurements, and their conformance/nonconformance to the mathematical golden rule (ie, 1.681), proposes that such ratios, particularly emanating from large numbers of home blood pressure and heart rate measurements obtained by the patients themselves or their caretakers, may constitute new risk markers, useful in the assessment of health and cardiovascular pathologies, prognosis of morbidity and mortality, and implementation to clinical practice and research.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1176-1179
Number of pages4
JournalAmerican Journal of Medicine
Volume137
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2024

Keywords

  • Blood pressure
  • Cardiovascular pathology
  • Fibonacci sequence
  • Golden rule
  • Health
  • Heart rate
  • Risk indices of cardiac pathology
  • Risk indices of health

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