Men Who Suffer From Impotence Should Get Their Hearts Checked Out

A study carried out in Italy that looked into the link between erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease shows that the sexual dysfunction of a man will vary depending on the form and the severity of the arterial disease.

For example men who have acute coronary syndrome which is predominantly acute myocardial infarction having only one blood vessel affected tend not to suffer so much from impotence but men who have chronic coronary syndrome and predominately effort induced angina pectoris with a lot of atherosclerosis tend to suffer more greatly from impotence.

In the study of almost 300 men it was seen that those men who had both impotence and coronary arterial disease 93% said that they has started to suffer from erectile dysfunction around 1 to 3 years before the onset of their angina.

The results have encourage the study authors to say that long term clinical monitoring of men with erectile dysfunction and other risk issues but who dont have obvious signs of coronary arterial disease. This research has added weight to the theory that impotence or erectile dysfunction is "the sentinel of the heart."

Other doctors are other studies have previously documented the link between the two medical problems but this study looked at the link in closer detail and even examined what type of heart problems were more likely to cause erectile dysfunction.

The researchers went on to say that men with erectile dysfunction who dont seem to have any heart problems should go and get themselves checked out properly and have very thorough cardiac assessment that includes blood pressure testing, a fasting lipid profile as well as lifestyle monitoring of diet and physical exercise. The research was done at the University of Milan by the Insitute of Cardiology.