"The likelihood of dying during sexual intercourse, even among people who have had a heart attack, is really small," said lead researcher Dr. Stacy Lindau of the University of Chicago.
But according to experts at the American Heart Association's Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, lot of them tend to keep away from sex post surviving a heart attack.
About a third of men and 60 per cent women stayed away from sex post surviving a heart attack. In real life there is little possibility of sex being heart stopping like in movies. So one need not worry about it.
Most physicians consider sex safe once the patient is feeling up for moderate exercise. After all, "sexual activity is a moderate physical activity," said senior researcher Dr. John Spertus of the University of Missouri in Kansas City.
People are usually hesitant since they have not got a go ahead from their doctor. As a result, their sex life tends to suffer. In the study of 1,760 acute heart attack patients, less than half received information regarding sex.
Women, in particular, were unlikely to receive advice on when, or if, to resume sex. This eventually is taken to the bedroom.
Men were 1.3 times and women 1.4 times more likely to report a diminished sex life if they hadn't been offered advice on the subject from their doctors.
Doctors, patients and their loved ones should proactively bring up questions about sex, Spertus told LiveScience. "The goal is to restore people's total health," Spertus said.
"Not only by minimizing the risk of the next heart attack but also by maximizing quality of life."
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