American Heart Association says Partners of Heart Defibrillator Patients concerned about resuming Sex

American Heart Association Meeting Report

Orlando, FL – Intimate partners of people with heart defibrillators are more concerned about resuming sexual activity than the patients immediately after the device is implanted, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2015.

Implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) deliver an electric shock to the heart to correct life threatening heart beats.

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American Heart Association says Women want Doctors’ help in facing fears about Sex after Heart Attack

Despite fears of another heart attack or dying, many started having sex within a month after their heart attack.

Dallas, TX – Women think it would be easier to overcome their fears of sex after having a heart attack if their doctors gave them more information, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

“Most women don’t have discussions with their doctors about resuming sex after a heart attack even though many experience fear or other sexual problems,” said Emily M. Abramsohn, M.P.H., the study’s lead author and a researcher at the University of Chicago. “We wanted to get a better understanding of women’s sexual recovery and how it could be improved.” [Read more]