title: Distress: associated variables of erectile dysfunction post-acute myocardial infarction. A pilot study.
abstract: This study aimed to identify the associated variables of erectile dysfunction (ED) in post myocardial infarction (MI) patients without previous sexual dysfunction (SD). Out of the 37 patients, 15 (40%) had ED. Patients significantly reduced the frequency of coitus (P<0.05). Out of nine patients with distress, eight presented ED, and of 28 patients without distress, seven presented ED (89 versus 25%, P=0.001). The two groups (distress versus without distress) were similar regarding confounding variables. We concluded that patients without SD prior the MI had a significant incidence of ED and distress was an associated variable of ED post-infarction.
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute (InCor-DF), Zerbini Foundation, Brasilia, Brazil. luciano.vacanti@incordf.zerbini.org.br
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vacanti
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Caramelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003075:Coitus / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013315:Stress, Psychological