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Health & Fitness > Heart Disease & Heart Attack Sex after a heart attack

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According to studies, the rate of myocardial infarction triggered by sexual activity is lower than 1%. Often, patients are anxious about having sex following the operation or myocardial incident, for months or years. And yet, anxiety of having another heart attack and the possibility of sudden death is the prime reason why sexual activity decreases in men who have suffered a previous myocardial event. Why they should worry is understandable. Myocardial infarctions are extremely scary. So is coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG pronounced like the vegetable cabbage), as is angioplasty, the ...

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