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Your heartbeat can be either tachycardic or bradycardic during a heart attack, so no i don't believe you had have a normal pulse rate at the time of a heart attack, normal being around 60-70 beats per minute for an adult. Heart rate does decrease though with age but that doesn't necessarily indicate anything is amiss.
1 Normal values for pulse rate depend on age and fitness level. 2  A normal adult has a pulse rate of 72 per minute and an athlete s pulse rate maybe below 50 per minute. 3  Patients with an average resting pulse rate above 70 beats per minute can have a slightly higher incidence of heart attacks.