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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.
Most patients who have had a heart attack have increased troponin levels within 6 hours. After 12 hours almost everyone who has had a heart attack will have raised levels. Troponin levels may remain high for 1 to 2 weeks after a heart attack.Increased troponin levels may also be due to: 1  Abnormally fast heart beat. 2  High blood pressure in lung arteries (pulmonary hypertension). 3  Blockage of a lung artery by a blood clot, fat, or tumor cells (pulmonary embolus).4  Congestive heart failure.ost patients who have had a heart attack have increased troponin levels within 6 hours. After 12 hours almost everyone who has had a heart attack will have raised levels. Troponin levels may remain high for 1 to 2 weeks after a heart attack.