Surprising Symptom of Heart Disease

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Indexed  August 17, 2011

From http://www.care2.com/ Any man who’s ever suffered with impotence knows it can seriously impact the quality of his life. But impotence can also be a warning sign of something even more severe — heart disease. In fact, I heard from Mark Houston, MD, director of clinical research at the Hypertension Institute of Nashville and associate clinical professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, that he asks male patients if they have trouble with erections as a standard component of a comprehensive physical exam, since one type of erectile dysfunction — endothelial dysfunction — has been linked to heart disease. Specifically, the thin layer of cells (the endothelium) that lines the blood vessels produces various chemicals in the body, including hormones, that control inflammation, clotting, oxidative stress and constriction and dilation ...   See the complete post here