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Article: VCU Discovery Shows That Viagra Protects the Heart.
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- August 19, 2002
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RICHMOND, Va. -- A researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University has invented a new and potentially important use for the male impotence drug, Viagra -- heart protection.
The discovery by Dr. Rakesh C. Kukreja, professor of internal medicine and Eric Lipman Chair in cardiology at VCU's School of Medicine, is reported in the September issue of the American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology. The journal, published by the American Physiology Society, is available online at http://ajpheart.physiology.org/.
"Some people who are using Viagra may get an unintentional benefit of protecting the heart," said Dr. Kukreja. "If they develop ...