ORIGINAL RESEARCH-ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION: Erectile Dysfunction in Heart Failure: Correlation with Severity, Exercise Performance, Comorbidities, and Heart Failure Treatment

ED is frequent in HF. A normal or only slightly impaired sexual activity is possible with peakVO2 > 10 mL/min/kg. On multivariable analysis, only age, diabetes, use of diuretics, and hemoglobin are related to ED. Apostolo A, Vignati C, Brusoni D, Cattadori G, Contini M, Veglia F, Magrì D, Palermo P, Tedesco C, Doria E, Fiorentini C, Montorsi P, and Agostoni P. Erectile dysfunction in heart failure: Correlation with severity, exercise performance, comorbidities, and heart failure treatment. J Sex Med 2009;6:2795-2805.