Viagra Shown To Soften Heart Walls

the lack of elasticity in cardiac walls was basically untreatable

More research showing that Viagra can have a positive effect on your heart has been released by a group of researchers. Ruhr University Bochum scientists working in collaboration with a team from the world famous Mayo Clinic in Minnesota said that their research showed that the active ingredient of Viagra namely sildenafil citrate could make the hard walls of an unhealthy heart regain their elasticity.

For the research the scientists used dogs that were suffering from an illness which prevented the heart chamber from filling with blood. This illness which is called diastolic heart failure occurs when there are stiffened cardiac walls. The researchers said that the Sildenafil citrate activated an enzyme which made the titin protein in the myocardial cells relax.

Professor Wolfgang Linke of the Ruhr University Bochum Institute of Physiology explained that this research done with dogs could lead to treatment for human patients in the near future. He also said that suffering from diastolic heart failure was one of the major reasons why elderly people ended up in hospital and that the lack of elasticity in cardiac walls was basically untreatable.

Men who have unhealthy hearts are also extremely likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction. If you want to keep having sex as you get older you need to keep fit, eat healthily and make sure that you keep your heart in good shape.

Ukmedix News has published loads of research showing the link between the heart, erectile dysfunction and Viagra and this new research just adds to the wealth of evidence which points to the fact that in the near future it is very likely that Viagra will become a drug to help men not only have healthier erections but also healthier hearts! 

This new research was published in full by the clinical journal Circulation.