Most of us got used to not treating erectile dysfunction at all or simply taking effective medicines like Viagra to solve problems with potency and sex. But what about men suffering from impotence and coronary heart disease at the same time?

Unfortunately, not every person can just buy the magic blue pills on the web without a medical prescription and take them. Some diseases make such self-medication ineffective and even dangerous to health and life. On the other hand, those suffering from both impotence and coronary heart disease now have hope.

A new discovery for patients with impotence and coronary heart disease

A recent study has shown that low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy works for these patients too. Previously, experts believed that men with impotence and coronary heart disease should avoid both standard medications and this method.

However, as scientists from Italy have found out, low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy improves erection significantly and for quite a long time in a variety of cases.

At the same time, men with mild erectile dysfunction and without coronary heart disease react to this method much better. Well, nothing really surprising. It’s like saying that a healthy young man will have a better erection than a sick and old one.

Link between erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease

Impotence, or repeated inability to achieve and maintain a sufficient erection, arises for various reasons. But most often it physically happens according to the same scheme and involves the same processes. That is, impaired arterial flow during arousal, poor relaxation of the smooth muscles of the corpora cavernosa, and venous leakage.

Cardiovascular specialists have long studied common risk factors for impotence and coronary heart disease. In particular, they include aging, bad habits (primarily smoking) and a number of other diseases (such as hypertension and diabetes).

According to scientific data, up to 70% of men with new-onset angina pectoris and pre-existing coronary heart disease have also suffered from impotence before.

Low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Fortunately, low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy has proven to be quite effective in patients with impotence and coronary artery disease. According to the test results, erectile function fully recovered in more than 70 percent of men without coronary heart disease. Patients with this diagnosis also responded to therapy.

Obviously, the disease significantly reduced the effect on erection itself. Only a third of patients with moderate to severe coronary artery disease responded to treatment. Moreover, they experienced the positive effects of the therapy for only three months. Unlike healthy (with no heart problems) volunteers, these men were never able to regain healthy erections forever. However, even this result can be considered excellent.