1252: Association Between Erectile Dysfunction and Coronary Artery Disease. Role of Coronary Clinical Presentation and Extent of Vessel Involvement. The Cobra Trial

Cardiomyopathy is a descriptive term that means ‘disease of the heart muscle’: ‘cardia’ refers to the heart and ‘myopathy’ literally means an abnormality of muscle. Cardiomyopathies are disorders of the myocardium that are not 2° to coronary artery disease, hypertension, congenital, valvular, or pericardial abnormalities. Cardiomyopathy is associated with myocardial dysfunction and is classified into the following four major subtypes: hypertrophic, dilated, arrhythmogenic right ventricular, and restrictive. The aim of this chapter is to outline the background, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and the role of the nurse in the management of the cardiomyopathies.

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH—ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION: Penile Doppler Ultrasound in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction (ED): Role of Peak Systolic Velocity Measured in the Flaccid State in Predicting Arteriogenic ED and Silent Coronary Artery Disease

Journal of Sexual Medicine ◽

10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00982.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 5 (11) ◽

pp. 2623-2634 ◽

Cited By ~ 89

Author(s):

Giovanni Corona ◽

Giorgio Fagioli ◽

Edoardo Mannucci ◽

Annadina Romeo ◽

Massimiliano Rossi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Coronary Artery Disease ◽

Erectile Dysfunction ◽

Coronary Artery ◽

Doppler Ultrasound ◽

Peak Systolic Velocity ◽

Original Research ◽

Silent Coronary Artery Disease ◽

Artery Disease

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Cardiomyopathy

Oxford Handbook of Cardiac Nursing ◽

10.1093/med/9780199651344.003.0015 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 291-306

Keyword(s):

Coronary Artery Disease ◽

Coronary Artery ◽

Right Ventricular ◽

Heart Muscle ◽

Clinical Presentation ◽

Myocardial Dysfunction ◽

Descriptive Term ◽

Artery Disease

Cardiomyopathy is a descriptive term that means ‘disease of the heart muscle’: ‘cardia’ refers to the heart and ‘myopathy’ literally means an abnormality of muscle. Cardiomyopathies are disorders of the myocardium that are not secondary to coronary artery disease, hypertension, congenital, valvular, or pericardial abnormalities. Cardiomyopathy is associated with myocardial dysfunction and is classified into the following four major subtypes: hypertrophic, dilated, arrhythmogenic right ventricular, and restrictive. The aim of this chapter is to outline the background, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and the role of the nurse in the management of the cardiomyopathies.

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Sex and the heart

ESC CardioMed ◽

10.1093/med/9780198784906.003.0242 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1007-1010

Author(s):

Piero Montorsi

Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Coronary Artery Disease ◽

Erectile Dysfunction ◽

Coronary Artery ◽

Medical Specialty ◽

Oral Agents ◽

Haemodynamic Changes ◽

Artery Disease ◽

Subclinical Vascular Disease

Since the identification of a link between erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease and of the role of male sexual dysfunction as a marker of subclinical vascular disease, including coronary artery disease, sexual activity became a concern for both patients and physicians, regardless of the presence or not of a known cardiovascular disease. It is therefore fundamental for cardiologists (the most likely medical specialty involved with this disease) to understand the haemodynamic changes that occur during sexual intercourse in order to better counsel and treat their patients. Moreover, the advent of a powerful class of oral agents for the treatment of erectile dysfunction has made the importance of knowledge in this area even more apparent.

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