Primary ventricular fibrillation and resumption of work, sexual activity, and driving after first acute myocardial infarction.

Idade e distúrbios psicológicos: variáveis associadas à disfunção sexual no período pós-infarto

“…Literature describes that sexual activity is resumed between 36 and 90 days, in average, after hospital discharge 7,9 . Five percent to thirty-five percent of patients do not resume their sexual activity [34][35][36] , 35% to 70% significantly reduce their intercourse frequency, and between 25% and 39% report reduction in their satisfaction from sexual activity 10,37,38 . However, literature has not yet clearly defined the variables associated to postmyocardial infarction sexual dysfunction in patients not reporting previous dysfunction.…”