Experts call for urgent action to tackle strong links between impotence and heart disease

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 12:42 in Health & Medicine

International experts are calling for all men experiencing impotence to undergo thorough medical assessments, after an extensive review showed that a significant proportion of men with erectile dysfunction (ED) exhibit early signs of coronary artery disease. Men with ED will often develop coronary symptoms within two to three years of impotence and actually experience a cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack, within three to five years.

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