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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Sexual Activity and Cardiovascular Disease

AHA Scientific Statement
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Sexual Activity and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Glenn N. Levine, Elaine E. Steinke, Faisal G. Bakaeen, Biykem Bozkurt, Melvin D. Cheitlin, Jamie Beth Conti, Elyse Foster, Tiny Jaarsma, Robert A. Kloner, Richard A. Lange, Stacy Tessler Lindau, Barry J. Maron, Debra K. Moser, E. Magnus Ohman, Allen D. Seftel, William J. Stewart  on behalf of the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia,
and Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Circulation published 19 January 2012, 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182447787


Sexual activity is an important component of patient and partner quality of life for men and women with cardiovascular disease (CVD), including many elderly patients.
Decreased sexual activity and function are common in patients with CVD and are often interrelated to anxiety and depression.
The intent of this American Heart Association Scientific Statement is to synthesize and summarize data
relevant to sexual activity and heart disease in order to provide recommendations and foster physician and other
healthcare professional communication with patients about sexual activity. Recommendations in this document are based on published studies, the Princeton Consensus Panel, the 36th Bethesda Conference, European Society of Cardiology recommendations on physical activity and sports participation for patients with CVD, practice guidelines from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and other organizations, and the multidisciplinary expertise of the writing group. The classification of recommendations in this document are based on established ACCF/AHA criteria (Table)
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/CIR.0b013e3182447787v1?papetoc

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