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coitus (copulation, pareunia, coition)
Sexual intercourse.
Complications:
- cardiac arrest rare during coitus, even among patients with heart disease [1]
- 0.28 per 100,000 adults annually
- 95% of coitus-related cardiac arrests occur in men
Related
dyspareunia
impotence
infertility
rape
sexually-transmitted disease; sexually-transmitted infection; venereal disease (STD, STI)
Specific
coitus interruptus
General
physiologic process
References
- Aro AL, Rusinaru C, Uy-Evanado A et al
Sexual Activity as a Trigger for Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
J Am Coll Cardiol Nov 2017
PMID: 29141783
http://www.onlinejacc.org/content/early/2017/10/30/j.jacc.2017.09.025