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A fit person's heart rate comes back quickly why ?

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Dr. Payam Mehranpour answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Parasympathetic: Recovery after exercise is related to parasympathetic system reactivation. In healthier subjects with physical conditioning, this reactivation is more rapid. Slow recovery has been shown to be a predictor of mortality. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199910283411804.

Answered 9/9/2013

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