Common grounds for erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease.

Abstract:

PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Evidence is accumulating to consider erectile dysfunction as a vascular problem. This review focuses on background, pathophysiological mechanisms and clinical evidence of the link between erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease. RECENT FINDINGS:The link between erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease is suggested by the following. (1) Common risk factors for atherosclerosis are frequently found in erectile dysfunction. (2) Erectile dysfunction is frequently found in vascular syndromes such as coronary artery disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease and diabetes. (3) A similar pathogenic involvement of the NO pathway leading to impairment of endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and late structural vascular abnormalities is shared by erectile dysfunction and vascular disorders. Given this background, the "artery-size hypothesis" is a recently proposed pathophysiological mechanism to explain the link between sexual dysfunction and myocardial ischemia. SUMMARY:Erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease appear to be linked tightly each other.

journal_name

Curr Opin Urol

authors

Montorsi P,Ravagnani PM,Galli S,Rotatori F,Briganti A,Salonia A,Dehò F,Montorsi F

doi

10.1097/00042307-200411000-00012

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-11-01 00:00:00

pages

361-5

issue

6

eissn

0963-0643

issn

1473-6586

pii

00042307-200411000-00012

journal_volume

14

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