In this article, you’ll learn about the myths that most people believe without proper background research, and you’ll learn what will actually happen during sex.
In 1979, former US Vice President Nelson Rockefeller died of a heart attack during sex in his New York townhouse. That news of his death stirred a moral and medical storm. Can sex really be that dangerous for a heart patient?
The short answer is: No, it is not usually (we’ll talk about facts).
While some isolated and unfortunate cases like Rockefeller’s do exist, decades of medical research suggest that sex is rarely the cause of heart attacks, and may actually be good for your heart in the long run.
What the Research Shows
A Belgian study analyzing 36 prior investigations found that only 2.2% of heart attacks happened during sex, a lower risk than being stuck in traffic or drinking coffee.
Swedish researchers studied 699 heart attack survivors and found only 1.3% had attacks triggered by sex, and mostly in those who were out of shape.
A Tufts University meta-analysis of 14 studies showed that for every 10,000 person-years, there were only 2-3 additional heart attacks associated with sex.
