When you stop exercising, your heart does not immediately come back to its normal resting rate. The heart returns to its normal rhythm at a gradual pace, during a process called heart rate recovery ...

Slower heart rate recovery before PCI independently predicts periprocedural myocardial infarction and may improve cardiac risk assessment.

From left, Manuel Hernandez, Ayse Dogan and Richard Sowers watch as graduate student Laila Shaaban walks on a treadmill while a “smart shirt” tracks electrical activity in her heart. In the background ...

Brazilian researchers reveal that even mild cases of COVID-19 can temporarily reduce heart rate variability, with stress on the autonomic nervous system lasting up to six months—especially in older ...

Sitting quietly at your desk, watching TV, or lying in bed at night, your heart should be taking it easy – beating steadily and calmly at somewhere between 60 and 80 beats per minute for most healthy ...