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2. Monitoring Your Heart Rate: What's Normal and When to Worry

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   Heart rate vs. pulse rate. While the two go hand in hand, they are different. Your heart rate is a measure of the number of times your heart beats in a minute. With each beat, your heart squeezes ...

3. Normal Heart Rate: Range, When It's Dangerous, and More

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   Takeaway. A typical resting pulse rate for adults is between 60 and 100 beats per minute (bpm). Depending on your activity, your rate can be higher or lower. But, a heart rate of over 100 bmp that ...

4. Pulse - Wikipedia

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   The pulse is an expedient tactile method of determination of systolic blood pressure to a trained observer. Diastolic blood pressure is non-palpable and unobservable by tactile methods, occurring between heartbeats. Pressure waves generated by the heart in systole move the arterial walls.

5. What to Know About Your Heart Rate - WebMD

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   A Healthy Resting Heart Rate. Most healthy adults should have a resting heart rate between 60 and 100 beats a minute. In general, the more physically fit you are, the lower your heart rate will be ...

6. How to Check Heart Rate: 5 Methods and What Is Normal

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   Method 2: Carotid pulse. To check your pulse using this method, you’ll be finding the carotid artery. Place your pointer and middle fingers on the side of your windpipe just below the jawbone ...

7. 5 Heart Rate Myths Debunked - WebMD

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   Written by Kara Mayer Robinson. 1. Myth: A normal heart rate is 60-100 beats per minute. 2. Myth: An erratic heart rate means I'm having a heart attack. 3. Myth: If my pulse is fast, it always ...

8. Weak Pulse: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment - Healthline

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   The most common causes for a weak or absent pulse are cardiac arrest and shock. Cardiac arrest occurs when someone’s heart stops beating. Shock happens when blood flow is reduced to vital organs ...

9. Heart rate - Wikipedia

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   Heart rate is the frequency of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute (beats per minute, or bpm). The heart rate varies according to the body's physical needs, including the need to absorb oxygen and excrete carbon dioxide. It is also modulated by numerous factors, including (but not limited to) genetics ...