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What does it mean when you have low blood pressure but a high heart rate?

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Dr. Payam Mehranpour answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Need evaluation: Elevation in heart rate can be a compensatory change in the setting of low blood pressures. Cause cannot be determined without knowning the actual readings and without a thorough evaluation.

Answered 9/20/2013

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