How the Heart Works
How the Heart Works
At rest, a normal heart beats around 50 to 90 times a minute. Exercise, emotions, anemia, an overactive thyroid, fever, and some medications can cause your heart to beat faster, sometimes to well over 100 beats per minute.
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In this article
- Learn How the Heart Works
- How Does Blood Travel Through the Heart?
- Where Is Your Heart and What Does It Look Like?
- How Does Blood Flow Through the Heart?
- How Does Blood Flow Through Your Lungs?
- What Are the Coronary Arteries?
- How Does the Heart Beat?
How Does the Heart Beat? continued...
At rest, a normal heart beats around 50 to 90 times a minute. Exercise, emotions, anemia, an overactive thyroid, fever, and some medications can cause your heart to beat faster, sometimes to well over 100 beats per minute.
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