Sex unlikely to cause cardiac arrest, study finds

Sex is only a rare cause of sudden cardiac arrest, new research suggests. Dr. Chugh and other workers at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute of California looked at cardiac arrest cases in Portland hospitals over a 13-year period and found that sex was a contributing factor in fewer than 1% of the cases. Where sex was the trigger, men were more prone to have an arrest, and CPR was performed in less than a third of the cases, highlighting the importance of public education on CPR.

Key Takeaways:

• Sex is only a rare cause of sudden cardiac arrest, new research from Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute of California suggests.
• The researchers examined records of cardiac arrest cases in Portland hospitals over a 13-year period and found that sex was a contributing factor in fewer than 1% of the cases.
• In the cases where sex was implicated, CPR was performed infrequently, highlighting the importance of public education on CPR.

“Sudden cardiac arrest is associated with sexual activity far more often in men than women, research suggests. But sex is a rare trigger for sudden cardiac arrest.”

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