Monday, September 12, 2011

#AskDrKK:Which patients are at high risk for getting heart attack after sex?

#DrKKAnswers:
1. Patients with unstable or refractory angina
2. Uncontrolled hypertension
3. New York Heart Association class III or IV heart failure
4. A heart attack within the past two weeks
5. High-risk irregular heart rhythms
6. Patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
7. Patients with moderate-to-severe valvular disease, particularly aortic stenosis

Source: Am J Cardiol 2005; 96:313

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