Everyone knows that high heart rate is closely related to high blood pressure, but what is unknown is that slow heart rate may also cause high blood pressure.
In general, the number of heart beats per minute is the same as the number of pulses per minute. The normal heart rate range for adults is 60-100 beats per minute, and most people have a heart rate of 70 to 80 beats per minute. Under normal circumstances, when the heartbeat is more than 100 beats per minute at rest, it is tachycardia; if it is less than 60 beats per minute, it is bradycardia; if it is fast and slow, beats and stops, it is irregular heartbeat. All three are unhealthy arrhythmia states that are closely related to high blood pressure.
A bradycardia can also cause high blood pressure, because the heartbeat is too slow, filling the chambers of the heart with more blood during diastole, causing more blood to be excreted during systole, and systolic blood pressure will be higher. On the other hand, if the heart rate is too slow, the diastolic period of the heart will be prolonged accordingly, and the diastolic blood pressure will be correspondingly reduced. It can also be said that the most important features of high blood pressure caused by slow heart rate are simply increased systolic blood pressure, normal or even decreased diastolic blood pressure, and increased blood pressure difference. This is more pronounced in older adults.
In fact, many patients with high blood pressure caused by too slow heart rate, after correcting the slow heart rate, the blood pressure will be reduced to a normal state.
Therefore, slow heart rate can also cause high blood pressure. Patients with high blood pressure should always pay attention to their heart rate changes, avoid too fast or too slow heart rate, and try to maintain a normal heart rate.
Plus1Health has a free heart rate app “Heart Rate“, which can be used to measure anything at ordinary times.
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