Can Erectile Dysfunction Predict Major Cardiovascular Events?
It is estimated that erectile dysfunction (ED) affects more than 150 million people worldwide and this number is expected to double by the year 2025. Vascular component represents the most important etiological cause of erectile dysfunction. ED shares almost all risk factors, such as hypertension, d...
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| author | Szekeres Norbert A. Jeremiás Zsuzsánna Vida Árpád Olivér Mártha Orsolya Porav-Hodade Daniel |
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| description | It is estimated that erectile dysfunction (ED) affects more than 150 million people worldwide and this number is expected to double by the year 2025. Vascular component represents the most important etiological cause of erectile dysfunction. ED shares almost all risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia and smoking, with arteriosclerosis. Moderate to severe ED is associated with a considerably increased risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). This review was conducted in May 2016, when the PubMed database was searched using the combination of the terms “erectile dysfunction” and “cardiovascular diseases”, “coronary artery diseases” and “risk factors”. In this review, we analyzed the published literature, regarding the predictive role of ED in CVD and the association of ED risk factors with CVD risk factors, aiming to draw particular attention on the role of sexual inquiry of all men to prevent or decrease major cardiovascular events. In conclusion, the early detection of ED can prevent major cardiovascular events with early management of cardiovascular risk and permits to include patients in a risk stratification group. Erectile function should be evaluated using questionnaires in all male patients to prevent and decrease the rates of major cardiovascular events. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef56e0687e40478cb9c2092de373f2f52022-12-21T21:33:49ZengSciendoJournal of Interdisciplinary Medicine2501-81322016-06-0111182210.1515/jim-2016-0005jim-2016-0005Can Erectile Dysfunction Predict Major Cardiovascular Events?Szekeres Norbert A.0Jeremiás Zsuzsánna1Vida Árpád Olivér2Mártha Orsolya3Porav-Hodade Daniel4 Department of Urology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania Department of Urology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania Department of Urology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania Department of Urology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, RomaniaIt is estimated that erectile dysfunction (ED) affects more than 150 million people worldwide and this number is expected to double by the year 2025. Vascular component represents the most important etiological cause of erectile dysfunction. ED shares almost all risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia and smoking, with arteriosclerosis. Moderate to severe ED is associated with a considerably increased risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). This review was conducted in May 2016, when the PubMed database was searched using the combination of the terms “erectile dysfunction” and “cardiovascular diseases”, “coronary artery diseases” and “risk factors”. In this review, we analyzed the published literature, regarding the predictive role of ED in CVD and the association of ED risk factors with CVD risk factors, aiming to draw particular attention on the role of sexual inquiry of all men to prevent or decrease major cardiovascular events. In conclusion, the early detection of ED can prevent major cardiovascular events with early management of cardiovascular risk and permits to include patients in a risk stratification group. Erectile function should be evaluated using questionnaires in all male patients to prevent and decrease the rates of major cardiovascular events.https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2016-0005erectile dysfunctioncardiovascular diseasescoronary artery diseasesrisk factors |
| spellingShingle | Szekeres Norbert A. Jeremiás Zsuzsánna Vida Árpád Olivér Mártha Orsolya Porav-Hodade Daniel Can Erectile Dysfunction Predict Major Cardiovascular Events? Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine erectile dysfunction cardiovascular diseases coronary artery diseases risk factors |
| title | Can Erectile Dysfunction Predict Major Cardiovascular Events? |
| title_full | Can Erectile Dysfunction Predict Major Cardiovascular Events? |
| title_fullStr | Can Erectile Dysfunction Predict Major Cardiovascular Events? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Erectile Dysfunction Predict Major Cardiovascular Events? |
| title_short | Can Erectile Dysfunction Predict Major Cardiovascular Events? |
| title_sort | can erectile dysfunction predict major cardiovascular events |
| topic | erectile dysfunction cardiovascular diseases coronary artery diseases risk factors |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2016-0005 |
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