What is the physical meaning of pulse rate and blood pressure, from a turbo machinery point of view?

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Our hearts are peristaltic pumps, which has a periodic compression and expansion. The head developed can be taken as blood pressure.

There are situation when the blood pressure is normal while the pulse rate is high. What is the physical meaning of this?

Does it mean?

• Low flow rate per contraction?


• more pressure loss(an indication of blood vessel blockage)?


• contraction rate of heart muscle is low?

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Our hearts are peristaltic pumps, which has a periodic compression and expansion. The head developed can be taken as blood pressure.

There are situation when the blood pressure is normal while the pulse rate is high. What is the physical meaning of this?

Does it mean?

• Low flow rate per contraction?


• more pressure loss(an indication of blood vessel blockage)?


• contraction rate of heart muscle is low?

mechanical-engineering pumps biomechanics turbomachinery

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Our hearts are peristaltic pumps, which has a periodic compression and expansion. The head developed can be taken as blood pressure.

There are situation when the blood pressure is normal while the pulse rate is high. What is the physical meaning of this?

Does it mean?

• Low flow rate per contraction?


• more pressure loss(an indication of blood vessel blockage)?


• contraction rate of heart muscle is low?

mechanical-engineering pumps biomechanics turbomachinery

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Our hearts are peristaltic pumps, which has a periodic compression and expansion. The head developed can be taken as blood pressure.

There are situation when the blood pressure is normal while the pulse rate is high. What is the physical meaning of this?

Does it mean?

• Low flow rate per contraction?


• more pressure loss(an indication of blood vessel blockage)?


• contraction rate of heart muscle is low?

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high pulse rate + low pressure means low pumping efficiency of the heart. this can be caused by:

• leaking valves, especially the main aortic valve, due to disease or calcification;


• low blood volume, due to bleedout as in bodily injury or an aneurysm rupture;


• incomplete contraction of the heart muscle due to a breakage or damage in the nerves which carry the firing impulse around the heart, as in a heart attack;


• cardiac nerve misfire, as in fibrillation or a fault in the nerve cluster that generates the cardiac trigger signal;


• dead tissue in the heart muscle, as caused by a heart attack;


• a perforation between the ventricles, as in a congenital heart defect;


• breakdown of the elastic component of the heart tissue, causing ballooning of the heart, as in congestive heart failure;


• severe relaxation of the muscular walls of the arteries in the body.

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  Plus "fibrillation", where the various parts of the heart are not correctly synchronised with each other and the resultant overall pumping effect is small. Blood vessel blockage (or more realistically, partial blockage and/or stiffening of the artery walls) is more likely to cause high blood pressure.
  – alephzero
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Another mechanism. High pulse rate and low pressure also occurs when there isn't enough blood (hypovolemia). Blood loss often causes hypovolemia.
  – Nick Alexeev
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  thanks, answer edited to include low blood volume and fibrillation
  – niels nielsen
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  What is wrong with the turbo machinery? What size is it? Which manufacturer?
  – Solar Mike
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


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  @SolarMike My BP is normal(110/65) but pulse is always around 90+, even at rest. As an engineer had to understand the pump issue!
  – karthikeyan
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high pulse rate + low pressure means low pumping efficiency of the heart. this can be caused by:

• leaking valves, especially the main aortic valve, due to disease or calcification;


• low blood volume, due to bleedout as in bodily injury or an aneurysm rupture;


• incomplete contraction of the heart muscle due to a breakage or damage in the nerves which carry the firing impulse around the heart, as in a heart attack;


• cardiac nerve misfire, as in fibrillation or a fault in the nerve cluster that generates the cardiac trigger signal;


• dead tissue in the heart muscle, as caused by a heart attack;


• a perforation between the ventricles, as in a congenital heart defect;


• breakdown of the elastic component of the heart tissue, causing ballooning of the heart, as in congestive heart failure;


• severe relaxation of the muscular walls of the arteries in the body.

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edited 2 days ago

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Plus "fibrillation", where the various parts of the heart are not correctly synchronised with each other and the resultant overall pumping effect is small. Blood vessel blockage (or more realistically, partial blockage and/or stiffening of the artery walls) is more likely to cause high blood pressure.
  – alephzero
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Another mechanism. High pulse rate and low pressure also occurs when there isn't enough blood (hypovolemia). Blood loss often causes hypovolemia.
  – Nick Alexeev
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  thanks, answer edited to include low blood volume and fibrillation
  – niels nielsen
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  What is wrong with the turbo machinery? What size is it? Which manufacturer?
  – Solar Mike
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @SolarMike My BP is normal(110/65) but pulse is always around 90+, even at rest. As an engineer had to understand the pump issue!
  – karthikeyan
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
11
down vote

high pulse rate + low pressure means low pumping efficiency of the heart. this can be caused by:

• leaking valves, especially the main aortic valve, due to disease or calcification;


• low blood volume, due to bleedout as in bodily injury or an aneurysm rupture;


• incomplete contraction of the heart muscle due to a breakage or damage in the nerves which carry the firing impulse around the heart, as in a heart attack;


• cardiac nerve misfire, as in fibrillation or a fault in the nerve cluster that generates the cardiac trigger signal;


• dead tissue in the heart muscle, as caused by a heart attack;


• a perforation between the ventricles, as in a congenital heart defect;


• breakdown of the elastic component of the heart tissue, causing ballooning of the heart, as in congestive heart failure;


• severe relaxation of the muscular walls of the arteries in the body.

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edited 2 days ago

Wasabi♦

8,88152045

answered 2 days ago

niels nielsen

2,359119

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Plus "fibrillation", where the various parts of the heart are not correctly synchronised with each other and the resultant overall pumping effect is small. Blood vessel blockage (or more realistically, partial blockage and/or stiffening of the artery walls) is more likely to cause high blood pressure.
  – alephzero
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Another mechanism. High pulse rate and low pressure also occurs when there isn't enough blood (hypovolemia). Blood loss often causes hypovolemia.
  – Nick Alexeev
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  thanks, answer edited to include low blood volume and fibrillation
  – niels nielsen
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  What is wrong with the turbo machinery? What size is it? Which manufacturer?
  – Solar Mike
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @SolarMike My BP is normal(110/65) but pulse is always around 90+, even at rest. As an engineer had to understand the pump issue!
  – karthikeyan
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
11
down vote

up vote
11
down vote

high pulse rate + low pressure means low pumping efficiency of the heart. this can be caused by:

• leaking valves, especially the main aortic valve, due to disease or calcification;


• low blood volume, due to bleedout as in bodily injury or an aneurysm rupture;


• incomplete contraction of the heart muscle due to a breakage or damage in the nerves which carry the firing impulse around the heart, as in a heart attack;


• cardiac nerve misfire, as in fibrillation or a fault in the nerve cluster that generates the cardiac trigger signal;


• dead tissue in the heart muscle, as caused by a heart attack;


• a perforation between the ventricles, as in a congenital heart defect;


• breakdown of the elastic component of the heart tissue, causing ballooning of the heart, as in congestive heart failure;


• severe relaxation of the muscular walls of the arteries in the body.

share|improve this answer

edited 2 days ago

Wasabi♦

8,88152045

answered 2 days ago

niels nielsen

2,359119

high pulse rate + low pressure means low pumping efficiency of the heart. this can be caused by:

• leaking valves, especially the main aortic valve, due to disease or calcification;


• low blood volume, due to bleedout as in bodily injury or an aneurysm rupture;


• incomplete contraction of the heart muscle due to a breakage or damage in the nerves which carry the firing impulse around the heart, as in a heart attack;


• cardiac nerve misfire, as in fibrillation or a fault in the nerve cluster that generates the cardiac trigger signal;


• dead tissue in the heart muscle, as caused by a heart attack;


• a perforation between the ventricles, as in a congenital heart defect;


• breakdown of the elastic component of the heart tissue, causing ballooning of the heart, as in congestive heart failure;


• severe relaxation of the muscular walls of the arteries in the body.

share|improve this answer

edited 2 days ago

Wasabi♦

8,88152045

answered 2 days ago

niels nielsen

2,359119

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

edited 2 days ago

Wasabi♦

8,88152045

edited 2 days ago

Wasabi♦

8,88152045

edited 2 days ago

Wasabi♦

8,88152045

8,88152045

answered 2 days ago

niels nielsen

2,359119

answered 2 days ago

niels nielsen

2,359119

answered 2 days ago

niels nielsen

2,359119

2,359119

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Plus "fibrillation", where the various parts of the heart are not correctly synchronised with each other and the resultant overall pumping effect is small. Blood vessel blockage (or more realistically, partial blockage and/or stiffening of the artery walls) is more likely to cause high blood pressure.
  – alephzero
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Another mechanism. High pulse rate and low pressure also occurs when there isn't enough blood (hypovolemia). Blood loss often causes hypovolemia.
  – Nick Alexeev
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  thanks, answer edited to include low blood volume and fibrillation
  – niels nielsen
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  What is wrong with the turbo machinery? What size is it? Which manufacturer?
  – Solar Mike
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @SolarMike My BP is normal(110/65) but pulse is always around 90+, even at rest. As an engineer had to understand the pump issue!
  – karthikeyan
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Plus "fibrillation", where the various parts of the heart are not correctly synchronised with each other and the resultant overall pumping effect is small. Blood vessel blockage (or more realistically, partial blockage and/or stiffening of the artery walls) is more likely to cause high blood pressure.
  – alephzero
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Another mechanism. High pulse rate and low pressure also occurs when there isn't enough blood (hypovolemia). Blood loss often causes hypovolemia.
  – Nick Alexeev
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  thanks, answer edited to include low blood volume and fibrillation
  – niels nielsen
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  What is wrong with the turbo machinery? What size is it? Which manufacturer?
  – Solar Mike
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @SolarMike My BP is normal(110/65) but pulse is always around 90+, even at rest. As an engineer had to understand the pump issue!
  – karthikeyan
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  

1

1

Plus "fibrillation", where the various parts of the heart are not correctly synchronised with each other and the resultant overall pumping effect is small. Blood vessel blockage (or more realistically, partial blockage and/or stiffening of the artery walls) is more likely to cause high blood pressure.
– alephzero
2 days ago

Plus "fibrillation", where the various parts of the heart are not correctly synchronised with each other and the resultant overall pumping effect is small. Blood vessel blockage (or more realistically, partial blockage and/or stiffening of the artery walls) is more likely to cause high blood pressure.
– alephzero
2 days ago

Another mechanism. High pulse rate and low pressure also occurs when there isn't enough blood (hypovolemia). Blood loss often causes hypovolemia.
– Nick Alexeev
2 days ago

Another mechanism. High pulse rate and low pressure also occurs when there isn't enough blood (hypovolemia). Blood loss often causes hypovolemia.
– Nick Alexeev
2 days ago

thanks, answer edited to include low blood volume and fibrillation
– niels nielsen
2 days ago

thanks, answer edited to include low blood volume and fibrillation
– niels nielsen
2 days ago

What is wrong with the turbo machinery? What size is it? Which manufacturer?
– Solar Mike
yesterday

What is wrong with the turbo machinery? What size is it? Which manufacturer?
– Solar Mike
yesterday

@SolarMike My BP is normal(110/65) but pulse is always around 90+, even at rest. As an engineer had to understand the pump issue!
– karthikeyan
yesterday

@SolarMike My BP is normal(110/65) but pulse is always around 90+, even at rest. As an engineer had to understand the pump issue!
– karthikeyan
yesterday

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