Notes:
The heart rate recorded from the first ECG after admission to hospital, whilst in a stable cardiac rhythm i.e. sinus rhythm, or chronic AF. In complete heart block record ventricular rate. Where the presenting rhythm is a treatable tachyarrhythmia, the first stable heart rate after treatment should be used.

Central Cardiac Audit Database (CCAD) item name:
Heart Rate

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	AMI HEART RATES