dufresnepa,
Thanks for the post.
Q:"Is there a relationship between heart rate and blood
pressurePressure ulcer?"
Yes, but it is a dynamic relationship. For example, the heart rate and blood
pressurePressure ulcer tend to both increase during exercise, and decrease during sleep. On the flip side, if a person receives a medication that raises blood pressure, such as phenylephrine, the heart rate can decrease.
Q:"I read in one place that as heart rate drops, blood pressure rises to compensate. Is this true?"
As stated above, the relationship is dynamic.
Q:"Why then is it healthy to have a low heart rate?"
No one knows for sure, but in the animal kingdom it is observed that animals that have lower heart rates frequently live longer. A famous cardiologist, Dr Sam Levine, is apocryphally quoted as having said that "You only get so many heartbeats".
Hope that helps.
does sam levine think someone with a slow heart rate and high b/p would live longer than someone with low b/p and a faster pulse*like me*?? which one is better?
kim