Hypertension and Erectile Dysfunction

Gidaro, Barbara; Lonati, Chiara; Garagiola, M.; Periti, Enrica; Morganti, Alberto

doi:10.2165/00151642-200613010-00002

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“…Narrower arteriolar diameter is strongly associated with hypertension, 8 a risk factor for ED through accelerated atherosclerosis, damage to smooth muscle and use of antihypertensive medications. 34,35 However, even after adjusting for hypertension in our study, narrower arteriolar diameter remained associated with ED. One possible explanation is that atherosclerosis, which causes flow-limiting stenosis in penile arterioles, is also a cause of increased peripheral resistance.…”

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