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Heart Rate

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Definition: The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute.  policy: Manual 23.27+; chronotropic action of drugs   
See Also Pulse 		Other names Pulse Rate; Heart Rate Control; Chronotropism, Cardiac; Rates, Pulse; Rates, Heart; Rate, Pulse; Rate, Heart; Rate Control, Heart; Pulse Rates; Control, Heart Rate; Chronotropy, Cardiac; Cardiac Chronotropism; Cardiac Chronotropy; Heart Rates

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