Erectile Dysfunction Plus Heart Disease Increase Risk of Death

One is bad enough, but now a new study claims having both erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular disease raises risk for heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and death.

Writing in the journal Circulation, scientists found that men with cardiovascular disease and erectile dysfunction were:

• 1.9 times more likely to die from heart disease

• 2 times more likely to have a heart attack

• 1.2 times more likely to have heart failure

• 1.1 times more likely to have a stroke

The researchers also found men suffering from erectile dysfunction had greater risk of high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, and urinary tract surgery, compared to men without erectile dysfunction.

Erectile Dysfunction can also single other serious health problems, such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and multiple sclerosis.

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