title: Ask the doctor. When doctors interpret a blood pressure reading, should they also consider the heart rate? I am a 78-year-old man and have had high blood pressure (under control) for more than 40 years. I frequently monitor my blood pressure at home, resting for five minutes before I take the reading. My blood pressure is often higher when my heart rate is close to its usual resting rate (about 50 beats per minute) and lower when my heart heart is beating faster than that. Can the body's demands that cause higher blood pressure be partially satisfied by a faster heart rate?
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading