Heart Disease and Erectile Dysfunction

✍ Scribed by Robert A. Kloner

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 311
• Series: Contemporary Cardiology) (Contemporary Cardiology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles. Focuses on the common connection between cardiovascular disease and erectile dysfunction. Addresses new treatment options, including risks and side effects. Also analyzes the dangers of sexual activity in cardiac patients. For physicians. DNLM: Impotence--etiology.

✦ Table of Contents

HEART DISEASE AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION......Page 4
PREFACE......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 9
1 Physiology of Erection and Causes of Erectile Dysfunction......Page 11
2 Erectile Dysfunction: The Scope of the Problem......Page 29
3 Erectile Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Risk Factors......Page 49
4 Psychologic Aspects of Erectile Dysfunction in Heart Patients......Page 61
5 Management of Erectile Dysfunction: An Overview......Page 75
6 Sildenafil Citrate and the Nitric Oxide/Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate Signaling Pathway......Page 99
7 Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibition: Importance to the Cardiovascular System......Page 127
8 The Hemodynamics of Phosphodiesterase-PDE5 Inhibitors......Page 141
9 Cardiovascular Safety of Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors......Page 149
10 Effect of Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibition on Coronary Blood Flow in Experimental Animals......Page 173
11 Safety and Hemodynamic Effects of Sildenafil in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease......Page 189
12 Cardiovascular Effects of Nonphosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitor Erectile Dysfunction Therapies......Page 205
13 Potential Cardiac Applications of Phosphodiesterase Type-5 Inhibition......Page 217
14 The Physiologic Cost of Sexual Activity......Page 249
15 Sexual Activity As a Trigger of Myocardial Infarction/Ischemia: Implications for Treating Erectile Dysfunction......Page 261
16 Sex After Cardiac Events and Procedures: Counseling From the Cardiovascular Specialist’s Perspective......Page 271
17 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines on the Use of Sildenafil in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease......Page 281
18 Risk of Heart Attack After Sexual Activity: The Princeton Guidelines and Their Rationale......Page 289
INDEX......Page 299