Erectile Dysfunction in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease A Gu
This concise guide to the often overlooked association between erectile dysfunction and hypertension/cardiovascular disease covers a wide range of aspects of importance to the clinician. It examines the impact of antihypertensive drug therapy on erectile
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Erectile Dysfunction in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease
Margus Viigimaa Charalambos Vlachopoulos Michael Doumas Editors
Erectile Dysfunction in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease A Guide for Clinicians
Editors Margus Viigimaa North Estonia Medical Centre Tallinn University of Technology Tallinn Estonia
Michael Doumas Internal Medicine Aristotle University Thessaloniki Greece
Charalambos Vlachopoulos Athens Medical School Athens Greece
ISBN 978-3-319-08271-4 ISBN 978-3-319-08272-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08272-1 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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Preface
Erectile dysfunction is defined as the persistent inability to attain and/or maintain erection sufficient for a satisfactory sexual intercourse. Erectile dysfunction is frequently encountered in the general population, and its frequency increases with age. Erectile dysfunction exerts a major impact on patients’ and their sexual partners’ quality of life and significantly affects self-confidence and self-esteem with substantial psychological consequences. Erectile dysfunction has been considered for very long the territ
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