Clinical Attribute
heart rate Audio
heart rate [ hahrt reyt ]
Subclass of:
Hemodynamics; Vital signs
Definitions related to heart rate:
  • Number of times the heart ventricles contract per unit of time.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The number of heartbeats per unit of time, usually expressed as beats per minute.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The number of times the heart contracts in a minute, normally 60�100 times.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (vital signs - heart rate) A measurement that describes the frequency of rate of contractions of the systemic (often left) ventricle measured within a unit time.
    ACC/AHA Clinical Data Terminology
    American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association , 2020
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