Erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular disease

Healthy men who are troubled in the bedroom may be at risk for cardiovascular disease.

That is the result of a study by a group of scientists at the Sax Institute in Sydney (Australia) with the subject of 95,000 men.

The connection between the impotence and heart disease is well known. But new research shows that even in healthy men, mild or moderate erectile dysfunction is also a signal for upcoming problems.

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Erectile dysfunction increases the risk of heart attack, heart failure and arterial disease in men aged 45 and older who have never had a history of cardiovascular disease.

Therefore, men, when suffering from erectile dysfunction, to some extent, should soon seek health experts to check, Daily Mail quoted Dr. Rob Grenfell from the Heart Fund in Australia, the financial unit. support for research.

Professor Emily Banks, who led the study, said even men who had no history of cardiovascular disease had an increased risk of hospitalization for cardiovascular disease when suffering from erectile dysfunction.

Therefore, it can be said that erectile dysfunction is a sign to help doctors predict the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients.

The study was published in the Public Library of Science Medicine.