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The neurocardiac axis is an underappreciated and often overlooked system which, if measured appropriately in the clinical setting, may allow identification of patients at risk of disease progression and even mortality. While heart rate itself is a simplistic tool, more information may be gathered through assessing heart rate variability and heart rate recovery time. Studies have demonstrated an association of slow heart rate recovery and lower heart rate variability as markers of elevated sympathetic and lower parasympathetic tone. These parameters have additionally been shown to relate to development of arrhythmia, heart failure, systemic inflammatory processes, ischaemic heart disease and an increased rate of mortality. 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