Pulse rates vary significantly during sleep, pregnancy, and exercise. Learn the normal ranges for women, teens, and infants, and identify causes for low heart rates.
A pulse rate is considered normal if it falls between 60 and 100 beats per minutes when a person is at rest. The Mayo Clinic notes, however, that athletes who are well-trained can have at-rest pulse rates between 40 and 60 beats per minute.
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A slow heart rate is a condition known as bradycardia. A normal heart rate falls in the range of 60 to 100 beats per minute. According to the Mayo Clinic, a person with a slow rate, or bradycardia, has a heart that beats fewer than 60 times per minute. For some people, there are no problems with the slow heart rate.
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