Sexual activity as a trigger for ventricular tachycardia in a patient with implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
Occurrence of life threatening arrhythmias and sudden death during or following sexual activity is infrequent. We describe a patient with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator who developed increased ventricular ectopic activity followed by sustained ventricular tachycardia during extramarital coitus. A review of literature and management is discussed.
Safi
Arshad M
AM
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA. safiarshad@aol.com
Rachko
Maurice
M
Yeshou
Dima
D
Stein
Richard A
RA
D000368:Aged; D003075:Coitus; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*