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Rate Pressure Product Calculator

Estimate cardiac workload from heart rate and blood pressure

Result

8,640 mmHg·bpm

How it is calculated

The tool multiplies two numbers: RPP = HR × SBP. HR is the heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) and SBP is the systolic blood pressure, the upper number of a reading, in mmHg. The result is shown in mmHg·bpm as a whole number.

Both values must be above zero. The tool needs the systolic number alone: a full reading such as 120/80 is not accepted and returns nothing, so type 120. Diastolic pressure plays no part in the calculation. Because it is a plain product, doubling either value doubles the RPP. The tool does not judge the result: it gives no normal range, and what counts as a worrying value depends on the person and the situation, so it needs a clinician to interpret it.

Worked example

Take a pulse of 72 bpm and a blood pressure of 120/80 mmHg. Only the upper number (120) is used.

RPP = 72 × 120 = 8,640 mmHg·bpm. If the same blood pressure were measured at a heart rate of 144 bpm, the RPP would be 17,280, twice as large, because the product rises in direct proportion to heart rate.

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Common mistakes

  • Typing the whole reading (120/80) into the pressure field. Enter only the systolic value, 120.
  • Using the diastolic (lower) number or the mean pressure. The formula is defined with the systolic pressure.
  • Entering a heart rate for 15 seconds without multiplying by 4. The field is beats per minute.
  • Comparing a resting value with one taken during exercise, or readings from different people, as if they were the same situation. RPP only means something compared with the same person under similar conditions.
  • Expecting a diagnosis or a limit from the result. It is a workload estimate, not a measure of how healthy the heart is.

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About this calculator

The rate pressure product (also called the "double product") multiplies heart rate by systolic blood pressure: RPP = HR × SBP. Because the heart muscle's own oxygen demand rises with both how fast it beats and how hard it must push against arterial pressure, RPP works as a simple, non-invasive stand-in for myocardial oxygen consumption without needing a catheter.

Cardiologists watch it during exercise stress tests, since a patient's RPP at the point angina or ECG changes appear (the "ischemic threshold") tells them how much cardiac workload the heart can tolerate before it's under strain. Exercise physiologists use the same number to gauge how hard cardiac rehab patients are working and to keep training intensity within a safe range.

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  • Editorial team

    The product can hide very different situations: 100 bpm at 120 mmHg and 60 bpm at 200 mmHg both give 12,000. That is why the two inputs matter as much as the result, and why a single figure means little without knowing how and when each was taken. The tool offers no normal range, so a clinician should interpret it. Do you log pulse and pressure together, and in what conditions?

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