PMID: 16615722Apr 18, 2006Paper

Erectile dysfunction: a potential useful marker for cardiovascular disease

Revue médicale suisse
L SekoranjaF Mach

Abstract

Erectile dysfunction is defined as the inability to achieve and/or maintain an erection sufficient to permit satisfactory sexual intercourse. Most cases of erectile dysfunction have a vascular etiology and, in patients with known cardiovascular disease, the degree of erectile dysfunction correlates with severity of that disease. In addition, cardiovascular disease and erectile dysfunction share the same risk factors for atherosclerosis and have a common pathophysiology (endothelial dysfunction); thus, erectile dysfunction appears as an early and sentinel symptom in patients with occult vascular disease, of the coronary or carotid arteries.

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