ArticleBrain communications2025
U-shaped association of resting heart rate with cognitive decline.
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- Association of Atrial Electrophysiological Abnormalities With Cognitive Decline and Cerebrovascular Disease.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
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Abstract
Reports of associations between bradycardia and elevated resting heart rate with cognitive decline are inconsistent, and the underlying mechanisms unclear. Resting heart rate was recorded in a prospective cohort of memory clinic subjects, and the associations of resting heart rate with cross-sectional cognition, brain magnetic resonance imaging and circulating biomarkers (pTau-181 and neurofilament light chain), and longitudinal cognitive decline were investigated. Subjects with atrial fibrillation were excluded. Among 643 subjects (mean age 72.8 ± 8.0 years, 57% female, 39% dementia), 35% had resting heart rate between 60 and 69 bpm, 23% had bradycardia (<60 bpm) and 42% had elevated resting heart rate (≥70 bpm). Compared to 60-69 bpm, both bradycardia (<60 bpm) and elevated resting heart rate ≥70 bpm were associated with worse baseline global cognition (
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