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

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.[OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3] 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 … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DJournal%2Bof%2Bclinical%2Bnursing%26rft.stitle%253DJ%2BClin%2BNurs%26rft.aulast%253DArenhall%26rft.auinit1%253DE.%26rft.volume%253D20%26rft.issue%253D11-12%26rft.spage%253D1677%26rft.epage%253D1684%26rft.atitle%253DThe%2Bfemale%2Bpartners%2527%2Bexperiences%2Bof%2Bintimate%2Brelationship%2Bafter%2Ba%2Bfirst%2Bmyocardial%2Binfarction.%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1111%252Fj.1365-2702.2010.03312.x%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F20880096%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03312.x&link_type=DOI [3]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=20880096&link_type=MED&atom=%2Febnurs%2F15%2F2%2F37.atom