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[Structural and functional cardiac changes and sex hormone levels in men with sexual dysfunctions]
Abstract:
44 men with chronic prostatitis were examined for structural-functional heart alterations with reference to severity of erectile dysfunction (ED). Sex hormones were also estimated. Control group consisted of 20 healthy men. Doppler echocardiography, 24-h monitoring of arterial pressure (AP) and ECG, finger and ultrasound investigation of the prostatic gland and microscopy of its secretion were made. Blood plasm testosteron, prolactin and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulphate were estimated by enzyme immunoassay. Erectile function was assessed by the questionnaire "International index of erectile function". Thus, sexual hormone changes associated with sexual dysfunction in men promote left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. The type of intracardiac hemodynamics in this case is, as a rule, restrictive.
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