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[[Bradycardia]] is the condition in which the heart rate is below normal; in [[tachycardia]], it is above normal.
[[Bradycardia]] is the condition in which the heart rate is below normal; in [[tachycardia]], it is above normal.


In [[pharmacology]], a drug's affect on heart rate may be predictive of the drugs benefit<ref name="pmid19487713">{{cite journal |author=McAlister FA, Wiebe N, Ezekowitz JA, Leung AA, Armstrong PW |title=Meta-analysis: beta-blocker dose, heart rate reduction, and death in patients with heart failure |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=150 |issue=11 |pages=784–94 |year=2009 |month=June |pmid=19487713 |doi= |url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19487713 |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18349171">{{cite journal |author=Beattie WS, Wijeysundera DN, Karkouti K, McCluskey S, Tait G |title=Does tight heart rate control improve beta-blocker efficacy? An updated analysis of the noncardiac surgical randomized trials |journal=Anesth. Analg. |volume=106 |issue=4 |pages=1039–48 |year=2008 |month=April |pmid=18349171 |doi=10.1213/ane.0b013e318163f6a9 |url=http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18349171 |issn=}}</ref> or harm<ref name="pmid19017516">{{cite journal |author=Bangalore S, Sawhney S, Messerli FH |title=Relation of beta-blocker-induced heart rate lowering and cardioprotection in hypertension |journal=J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. |volume=52 |issue=18 |pages=1482–9 |year=2008 |month=October |pmid=19017516 |doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2008.06.048 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0735-1097(08)02724-1 |issn=}}</ref>.
In [[pharmacology]], a drug's affect on heart rate may be predictive of the drugs benefit<ref name="pmid19487713">{{cite journal |author=McAlister FA, Wiebe N, Ezekowitz JA, Leung AA, Armstrong PW |title=Meta-analysis: beta-blocker dose, heart rate reduction, and death in patients with heart failure |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=150 |issue=11 |pages=784–94 |year=2009 |month=June |pmid=19487713 |doi= |url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19487713 |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17981830">{{cite journal |author=Cucherat M |title=Quantitative relationship between resting heart rate reduction and magnitude of clinical benefits in post-myocardial infarction: a meta-regression of randomized clinical trials |journal=Eur. Heart J. |volume=28 |issue=24 |pages=3012–9 |year=2007 |month=December |pmid=17981830 |doi=10.1093/eurheartj/ehm489 |url=http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=17981830 |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18349171">{{cite journal |author=Beattie WS, Wijeysundera DN, Karkouti K, McCluskey S, Tait G |title=Does tight heart rate control improve beta-blocker efficacy? An updated analysis of the noncardiac surgical randomized trials |journal=Anesth. Analg. |volume=106 |issue=4 |pages=1039–48 |year=2008 |month=April |pmid=18349171 |doi=10.1213/ane.0b013e318163f6a9 |url=http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18349171 |issn=}}</ref> or harm<ref name="pmid19017516">{{cite journal |author=Bangalore S, Sawhney S, Messerli FH |title=Relation of beta-blocker-induced heart rate lowering and cardioprotection in hypertension |journal=J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. |volume=52 |issue=18 |pages=1482–9 |year=2008 |month=October |pmid=19017516 |doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2008.06.048 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0735-1097(08)02724-1 |issn=}}</ref>.


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In physiology, the heart rate is "the number of times the heart ventricles contract per unit of time, usually per minute."[1] This may have to be presented as an average in the presence of arrythmias, such as heart block, when some contractions are missed.

Bradycardia is the condition in which the heart rate is below normal; in tachycardia, it is above normal.

In pharmacology, a drug's affect on heart rate may be predictive of the drugs benefit[2][3][4] or harm[5].

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