January 19, 2012 (Houston, Texas) - A New advice suggests that sexual activity is safe for most patients with heart disease that doctors and patients and their partners should seek to debate the subject of sex [1]. The guidelines come from the first time, the American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement on this issue, which is published online today in circulation. Lead author Dr Glenn N Levine (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX) told heartwire that the guidelines are probably the most comprehensive on the subject to date and has been collected from various areas of expertise, including cardiology, exercise physiology, sexual counseling, and urology. Doctors, patients and partners do not want to talk about sexual activity, but it is something, which is an important quality of life for many people and we do not want to see patients to abstain from sex, from concern about the need to speed up the heart attack or sudden death, "- he notes. Only those patients wh...