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Article: Researchers at University of Milan have published new data on heart failure.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- November 15, 2009
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"Erectile dysfunction (ED) is frequent in males with chronic heart failure (HF) with a severe impact on quality of life for many individuals. The correlation of ED with age and HF severity, comorbidity, and treatment is unclear," scientists in Milan, Italy report (see also Heart Failure).
"We evaluated the correlation between ED and HF severity, treatment, and comorbidity. One hundred one HF patients aged
<10 mL/min/kg was sexual function normal or slightly impaired, while in 10/29 of patients with peakVO(2) between 10 and 14 mL/min/kg there was a normal or slightly reduced sexual performance. On monovariable analysis, several parameters were correlated with ED, but at multivariable analysis only age (P = 0.002), hemoglobin (P = 0.042), diabetes (P = 0.040), and use of diuretics (P = 0.052) remained so. ED is frequent in HF. A normal or only slightly impaired sexual activity is possible with peakVO(2)> 10 mL/min/kg. On multivariable analysis, only age, diabetes, use of diuretics, and hemoglobin are related to ED. Apostolo A, Vignati C, Brusoni D, Cattadori G, Contini M, Veglia F, Magri D, Palermo P, Tedesco C, Doria E, Fiorentini C, Montorsi P, and Agostoni ...