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Cardiovascular effects of sildenafil in hypertensive men with erectile dysfunction and different alleles of the type 5 cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE5).
International journal of impotence research - 1 Oct 2004
Salvi F, Sarzani R, Giorgi R, Donatelli G, Pietrucci F, Micheli A, Baldoni M, Minardi D, Minaroli D, Dessì-Fulgheri P, Polito M, Muzzonigro G, Rappelli A
Abstract excerpt
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is frequent in patients with essential hypertension (EH); a likely common pathogenetic pathway could be a reduced ability of arteriolar vascular smooth muscle (VSM) to relax. Increasing intracellular levels of cGMP reduce the contractile status of VSM; on the contrary, type 5 cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE5, codified by PDE5A gene) regulates cGMP levels through its clearance. The...
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