Sexual activity as a trigger for ventricular tachycardia in a patient with implantable cardioverter defibrillator. (Clinical Case Report Series).

Archives of Sexual Behavior,  June, 2002  by Arshad M. Safi

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Arshad M. Safi, M.D. (1,2)

Maurice Rachko, M.D. (1)

Dima Yeshou, M.D. (1)

Richard A Stein, M.D. (1)

INTRODUCTION

Sexual activity and the associated cardiovascular events has been the subject of significant concern, especially among patients with cardiovascular disease. Much of the concern regarding the increased risk of a cardiovascular event during sexual activity is due to the perception on the part of patients, and often times their physicians, that sexual activity is associated with a near maximum or super maximum cardiac response. However, with the recent availability of specific data, a better understanding of ...