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Author: Pennie Mesmer, Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
Date: 07/01/2009
Erectile dysfunction can be caused by a reaction to medication, obesity and emotional stress. But did you know that it is often the first sign of heart disease?
As we get older, we are more susceptible to atherosclerosis, a condition that causes our blood vessels to become narrowed and less elastic from fatty deposits on the walls of the heart arteries. In men, this can reduce the flow of blood to the penis causing erectile dysfunction.
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