Heart Disease
Research from J.H. Lee and co-authors yields new data on heart disease
Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, January 4th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "The conditions that predispose patients to erectile dysfunction are substantially similar to the coronary artery disease risk factors, including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, depression, age, and smoking. Because of these shared risks and overlapping pathophysiologic mechanisms, we designed this pilot study to address the hypothesis that the presence of coronary artery calcium, a known indicator of increased cardiac risk, is associated with erectile dysfunction."
"A prospective registry enrolled 9150 men who underwent multidetector computed tomography. Subjects supplied...
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