coitus (copulation, pareunia, coition)
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Introduction
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
More general terms
More specific terms
Additional terms
- dyspareunia
- impotence
- infertility
- rape
- sexually-transmitted disease; sexually-transmitted infection; venereal disease (STD, STI)
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Aro AL, Rusinaru C, Uy-Evanado A et al Sexual Activity as a Trigger for Sudden Cardiac Arrest. J Am Coll Cardiol Nov 2017 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29141783 <Internet> http://www.onlinejacc.org/content/early/2017/10/30/j.jacc.2017.09.025