| Comparison between primary angioplasty and thrombolytic therapy on erectile dysfunction after acute ST elevation myocardial infarction. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 22796737 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Acute ST elevation myocardial infarction has high mortality and morbidity rates. The majority of patients with this condition face erectile dysfunction in addition to other health problems. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of two different reperfusion strategies, primary angioplasty and thrombolytic therapy, on the prevalence of erectile dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction. Of the 71 patients matching the selection criteria, 45 were treated with primary coronary angioplasty with stenting, and 26 were treated with thrombolytic agents. Erectile function was evaluated using the International Index of Erectile Function in the hospital to characterize each patient's sexual function before the acute myocardial infarction and 6 months after the event. The time required to restore blood flow to the artery affected by the infarct was found to be associated with the occurrence of erectile dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction. The increase in the prevalence of erectile dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction was 44.4% in the angioplasty group and 76.9% in the thrombolytic therapy group (P=0.008). In conclusion, this study has shown that reducing the time of reperfusion decreases the erectile dysfunction prevalence, and primary angioplasty is superior to thrombolytic therapy for decreasing the prevalence of erectile dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction.Asian Journal of Andrology advance online publication, 16 July 2012; doi:10.1038/aja.2012.41. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Ramazan Akdemir; Ozlem Karakurt; Salih Orcan; Nihat Karakoyunlu; Mustafa Mucahit Balci; Levent Sağnak; Hamit Ersoy; Mehmet Bulent Vatan; Harun Kilic; Ekrem Yeter |
Related Documents
:
|
19861387 - Lead positioning for cardiac resynchronization therapy: techniques and priorities. 21405717 - Automaticity in acute ischemia: bifurcation analysis of a human ventricular model. 16177677 - Resynchronization of mitral valve annular segments reduces functional mitral regurgitat... 18694907 - Impact of interventricular lead distance and the decrease in septal-to-lateral delay on... 19718697 - An algorithm to identify incident myocardial infarction using medicaid data. 1999787 - Changes in cardiac function during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for persistent p... |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-7-16 |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Asian journal of andrology Volume: - ISSN: 1745-7262 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2012-7-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 100942132 Medline TA: Asian J Androl Country: - |
Other Details:
|
Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, Sakarya 54054, Turkey. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Prostatic calculi influence the antimicrobial efficacy in men with chronic bacterial prostatitis.
Next Document: Charge-driven selective localization of fluorescent nanoparticles in live cells.