Monday, September 12, 2011

#AskDrKK:What is the absolute risk of acute heart attack after sex?

DrKKAnswers:


Sexual act is a transient trigger that increases risk of heart attack for only a two hour period. The absolute increase in risk is very small.

A 50 year-old man with no cardiac disease with an annual baseline risk of heart attack of 1 percent would increase his annual risk of heart attack to only 1.01 percent from weekly sexual activity.

A person with a high annual risk for a heart attack of 10 percent would increase the annual risk to only 10.1 percent from weekly sexual activity.

Source: Am J Cardiol 2000; 86:10F.


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