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Preface
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This supplement of the European Heart Journal addresses the benefits of heart rate reduction in the cardiovascular continuum based on the presentations at a satellite symposium of the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology this year in Munich.
The role of heart rate is well established in the development and pathophysiology of myocardial ischaemia. In patients with coronary