Women's Sexual Issues After Myocardial Infarction: A Literature Review

Amir Emami Zeydi1, Mohammad Sharafkhani, Mohammad Reza Armat

  • 1Amir Emami Zeydi, MSN, CCRN, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in nursing in 2008 and master of science degree in critical care nursing in 2011 from Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Currently, he is a PhD candidate in nursing at the Mashhad School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Mohammad Sharafkhani, BSN, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in nursing in 2013 from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Currently, he is a master of science student in medical-surgical nursing at the Mashhad School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, and working as a clinical nurse in the coronary care unit at Imam Zaman Hospital in Mashhad, Iran. Mohammad Reza Armat, MSN, graduated from the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 1991 with a bachelor of science degree in nursing. He completed his master of science degree in nursing at Tarbiat Modarres University in 1995. He is an instructor in North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnourd, Iran. Currently, he is a PhD candidate in nursing at the Mashhad School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Kathleen Ahern Gould, PhD, RN, serves as adjunct faculty at the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College and serves as the editor in chief of Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing. Aria Soleimani, MD, received his medical degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 1993. He did his postgraduate training (residency) in anesthesiology at the Babol University of Medical Sciences in 2003 and cardiac anesthesia fellowship at Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2005. He is currently dean of faculty of medicine and served as an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Seyed Javad Hosseini, MSN, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in nursing in 2012 and master of scien

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