Is erectile dysfunction an early precursor of silent coronary artery disease?: Review Article

---

Review Article

Author Details : NS Neki, Neeraj Joshi, Gagandeep Singh Shergill, Rubal Sharma, Gagandeep Singh, Gaurav Joshi

Volume : 4, Issue : 1, Year : 2017

Article Page : 12-17

Suggest article by email

Get Permission

---

Abstract

Erectile dysfunction is defined as insufficiency in initiating, achieving and maintaining of penile erection necessary for satisfactory sexual intercourse. Its prevalence increases as the age progresses, but it is underestimated in routine clinical practice. An attempt is made to review the literature showing erectile dysfunction as silent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (atherosclerosis).

Keywords: Erectile dysfunction, coronary artery disease

How to cite : Neki N, Joshi N, Shergill G S, Sharma R, Singh G, Joshi G, Is erectile dysfunction an early precursor of silent coronary artery disease?: Review Article. Ann Geriatr Educ Med Sci 2017;4(1):12-17

This is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.