#DrKKAnswers:
1. Patients with angina often become symptomatic during sexual act (1,2).
2. 65 percent ends up with heart chest pain enough to stop activity (2).
3. Beta blockers and/or prophylactic sublingual nitrates, can prevent heart pain in these patients and permit a normal sex life (2).
4. Post angioplasty and bypass surgery patient do not carry excess risk
5. Asymptomatic chronic heart blockage patients also do not have an increased risk of symptoms during sexual act.
References
1. Arch Intern Med 1970; 125:987.
2. Int Rehabil Med 1981; 3:35.
1. Patients with angina often become symptomatic during sexual act (1,2).
2. 65 percent ends up with heart chest pain enough to stop activity (2).
3. Beta blockers and/or prophylactic sublingual nitrates, can prevent heart pain in these patients and permit a normal sex life (2).
4. Post angioplasty and bypass surgery patient do not carry excess risk
5. Asymptomatic chronic heart blockage patients also do not have an increased risk of symptoms during sexual act.
References
1. Arch Intern Med 1970; 125:987.
2. Int Rehabil Med 1981; 3:35.
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