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They are the same only in a healthy heart.Heart rate is the rate at which the heart actually beats where as pulse rate is the rate at which we FEEL the pulse on the radial artery(in the wrist).If cardiac contraction happens to be very weak it may not produce a pulse.So,in such cases the pulse rate is less than the heart rate.
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Is The Heart Rate The Same As The Pulse ?
They are the same only in a healthy heart.Heart rate is the rate at which the heart actually beats where as pulse rate is the rate at which we FEEL the pulse on the radial artery(in the wrist).If cardiac contraction happens to be very weak it may not produce a pulse.So,in such cases the pulse rate is less than the heart rate.