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Article: Reports outline peripheral artery disease research from University of Miami.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- August 16, 2009
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According to recent research published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, "Seventy percent to 90% of patients with heart failure (HF) report erectile problems. There are no published data on whether erectile dysfunction (ED) and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) correlate with mortality in HF patients."
"Also, little is known regarding the impact of HF etiology on mortality in patients with ED. Our aim was to investigate the relationship between ED and mortality in HF patients, to evaluate whether the etiology of HF carries a prognostic measure in patients with ED, and to assess the impact of PVD on mortality in optimally treated HF patients with ED. The measures ...
<40%) followed while being treated with optimal doses of beta blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. The Sexual Health Inventory for Men survey was used to assess ED (no ED><21). Ankle brachial index (ABI) was used to assess PVD (normal ABI>