Management of sexual dysfunction in patients with cardiovascular disease: recommendations of the Princeton consensus panel

Sexual dysfunction is highly prevalent in both sexes and adversely affects patients’ quality of life and well being. Given the frequent association between sexual dysfunction and cardiovascular disease, in addition to the potential cardiac risk of sexual activity itself, a consensus panel was conven...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of cardiology 2000-07, Vol.86 (2), p.62-68
Hauptverfasser: DeBusk, Robert, Drory, Yaacov, Goldstein, Irwin, Jackson, Graham, Kaul, Sanjay, Kimmel, Stephen E, Kostis, John B, Kloner, Robert A, Lakin, Milton, Meston, Cindy M, Mittleman, Murray, Muller, James E, Padma-Nathan, Harin, Rosen, Raymond C, Stein, Richard A, Zusman, Randall
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Zusammenfassung:Sexual dysfunction is highly prevalent in both sexes and adversely affects patients’ quality of life and well being. Given the frequent association between sexual dysfunction and cardiovascular disease, in addition to the potential cardiac risk of sexual activity itself, a consensus panel was convened to develop recommendations for clinical management of sexual dysfunction in patients with cardiovascular disease. Based upon a review of the research and presentations by invited experts, a classification system was developed for stratification of patients into high, low, and intermediate categories of cardiac risk. The large majority of patients are in the low-risk category, which includes patients with (1) controlled hypertension; (2) mild, stable angina; (3) successful coronary revascularization; (4) a history of uncomplicated myocardial infarction (MI); (5) mild valvular disease; and (6) no symptoms and
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01117-6