%0 Journal Article
%T Endothelial Dysfunction, Erectile Dysfunction and Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors. An Update of the Current Data and Future Perspectives
%A Angelis Konstantinopoulos
%A Konstantinos Giannitsas
%A Spiros Raptis and Petros Perimenis
%J Drug Target Insights
%D 2012
%I 
%X Endothelial dysfunction is a pathological entity that multiply affects the health status. Erectile dysfunction is being recognized as a condition that is strongly interrelated with endothelial dysfunction, being a vascular event itself. Oral pharmacotherapy for erectile dysfunction has provided us with a new armamentarium on this condition. Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors have been investigated and proved useful in clinical practice for erectile dysfunction but in addition to this, the results seem promising of a benefi cial effect on endothelial dysfunction, as well.
%U http://www.la-press.com/endothelial-dysfunction-erectile-dysfunction-and-phosphodiesterase-5-i-article-a258