Paul McCartney wrote this as Hey Jules, a song meant to comfort John Lennon's 5-year-old son Julian as his parents were getting a divorce. The change to Jude was inspired by the character Jud in the musical Oklahoma! (McCartney loves show tunes)
The medical term for a slow heart rate is bradycardia; generally defined as a heart rate below 60 bpm (beats per minute). In contrast, tachycardia means fast heart rate above 100 bpm.
A slow heart rate is a condition known as bradycardia. A normal heart rate falls in the range of 60 to 100 beats per minute. According to the Mayo Clinic, a person with a slow rate, or bradycardia, has a heart that beats fewer than 60 times per minute. For some people, there are no problems with the slow heart rate.But bradycardia can cause insufficient levels of blood to reach cells that need the oxygen found in blood.eart tissue can be a cause of a slow heart rate. An infection of heart tissue, damage to heart tissue, and deterioration of heart tissue due to aging can all result in a slow heart rate. Inflammatory diseases can cause slow heat rates as well as sleep apnea.