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A new study suggests that sex does not lead to heart attack and also states that it is safe to engage in it, even after experiencing a heart attack. The research is published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Researchers observed 536 heart disease patients between the ages of 30 and 70 years to evaluate sexual activity in the 12 months before a heart attack and estimate the association of frequency of sexual activity with subsequent cardiovascular events, including fatal heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death. Nearly 14.9 percent of patients reported no sexual activity in the 12 months before their heart attack, 4.7 percent reported sex less than once per month, 25.4 percent reported less than once per week and 55 percent reported one or more times per week.
Researchers also evaluated the timing of the last sexual activity before the heart attack. Only 0.7 percent reported sex within an hour before their heart attack.Over 78 percent reported that their last sexual activity occurred more than 24 hours before the heart attack.
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