Erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular events are interrelated

26 December, 2005

A recent finding suggests that men suffering with erectile dysfunction have a higher risk of subsequent cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and angina as compared to person of normal health. Erectile dysfunction is prevalent worldwide and it has taken millions of men under its grip. Studies suggest that more than 10 million men in the United States are affected by erectile dysfunction and approximately 100 million men affected worldwide.

Erectile dysfunction sometimes called impotence is the repeated inability to get or keep an erection firm enough for sexual intercourse. It’s related to many factors including age, smoking, diabetes, heart disease, depression, and hypertension and as cardiovascular disease and erectile dysfunction share etiologies as well as pathophysiology therefore evidence shows that the degree of erectile dysfunction correlates with severity of cardiovascular disease.


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