"I'm not just a heart, I'm a whole person here": a qualitative study to improve sexual outcomes in women with myocardial infarction.

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Published in J Am Heart Assoc on July 24, 2013

Authors

Emily M Abramsohn1, Carole Decker, Brian Garavalia, Linda Garavalia, Kensey Gosch, Harlan M Krumholz, John A Spertus, Stacy Tessler Lindau

Author Affiliations

1: Program in Integrative Sexual Medicine for Women and Girls, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Gynecology Oncology, the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

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