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Sexual Intercourse after Myocardial Infarction

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1. C0151744
2. C0027051
3. C0948089
See Also
1. Activity after Myocardial Infarction
Cardiac Rehabilitation patients studied (n=88)
1. Holter Monitoring during intercourse
  1. Ischemia during intercourse: 31% (77% symptomatic)
2. Stress test
  1. Ischemia: 61%
Recommendation
1. Stress test to predict ischemia with intercourse
References
1. Drory (1995) Am J Cardiol 75:835

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