TY - JOUR T1 - Women's experience of intimacy following their partner's first myocardial infarction reveals three common themes: perceived responsibility and limited life space; sense of life loss; and finding another dimension of life JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 37 LP - 38 DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2011-100260 VL - 15 IS - 2 AU - Kelsey L Hegarty Y1 - 2012/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/15/2/37.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Arenhall E, Kristofferzon ML, Fridlund B, et al. The female partners' experiences of intimate relationship after a first myocardial infarction. J Clin Nurs 2011;20:1677–84.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed ■ Nurses need to pay attention to the well-being of partners of men who have myocardial infarcts.■ Nurses need to explore the effect of a myocardial infarction on the relationship dynamics for example, communication patterns and intimacy.■ Further research should quantify how relationships change post infarct, over and above the effect on sexual intimacy. Women play a significant role in recovery after a heart attack of their male partners.1 The effect on the couple's relationship has been explored … ER -