Assertion: sexual activity | /r/CapableOf | worsen underlying cardiac condition
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text: CABG,126 ICD implantation,64 or cardiac transplantation,127 sexual activity frequency and satisfaction often decline because of anxiety on the part of the patient or partner that sexual activity will worsen the underlying cardiac condition or cause death.3,128 Changes in sexual activity after a cardiac event may impair the patient's quality of life, negatively affect psychological health, and strain marital or other important intimate relationships,67,125,127 which in turn may lead to depression and anxiety.