For example, an extremely active person’s healthy resting heart rate may be as low as 40 beats per minute, according to the American Heart Association ... rate is a vital sign that gives ...

A spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD, leads to bleeding inside the artery wall. A survivor shares her symptoms.

The harder your heart has to work to pump blood throughout your body while you're not exercising, the higher your resting ...

It also increases blood pressure levels, heart rate, atherosclerosis, and thrombosis, which leads to blockage and clot formation in the arteries. According to the American Heart Association (AHA ...