Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease by Erectile Function Status: Evidence-Based Data

摘要

The link between erectile dysfunction (ED) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been established as a result of individual studies and meta-analyses. ED predicts CVD, coronary disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure, and increased mortality. ED may occur on average 2-5 years before a CVD event and act as a marker for early asymptomatic vascular, and especially coronary artery, disease. Seventy percent of men with known CVD also have ED that identifies a further increased CVD event risk when compared with men with normal erections. Importantly, those at highest risk are men with ED aged 30-60 years and diabetics where CVD detection and prevention need the most focus. A question on ED should be incorporated in all CVD risk calculators, and when risk is identified, action to reduce risk should be aggressively initiated and monitored