ArticleESC heart failure2017
Sexual function of patients with heart failure: facts and numbers.
Article in ESC heart failure, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Sexual dysfunction and its associated factors among patients with heart failure in public hospitals in Gondar town, North and West Gondar, 2024.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Heart Failure and Erectile Dysfunction: a Review of the Current Evidence and Clinical Implications.Current heart failure reports · 2023Review
- Life satisfaction in cardiac arrest survivors: A nationwide Swedish registry study.Resuscitation plus · 2023Article
- Interactions between erectile dysfunction, cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular drugs.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2022Review
- Acceptability of Health Professionals' Address of Sexuality and Erectile Dysfunction - A Qualitative Interview Study with Men in Cardiac Rehabilitation.Sexual medicine · 2021Article
- A cultural and gender-based approach to understanding patient adjustment to chronic heart failure.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Article
- The difference in referencing in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar.ESC heart failure · 2019Article
- Open access efforts begin to bloom: ESC Heart Failure gets full attention and first impact factor.ESC heart failure · 2019Review
- Metabolic disorders in heart failure and cancer.ESC heart failure · 2018Review
- Modern-day cardio-oncology: a report from the 'Heart Failure and World Congress on Acute Heart Failure 2018'.ESC heart failure · 2018Review
- Sexual function of patients with heart failure: distinct phenotypes, distinct sexual function?ESC heart failure · 2017Article
- Reply to 'Sexual function of patients with heart failure: distinct phenotypes distinct sexual function?' by Konstantinos Koutsampasopoulos.ESC heart failure · 2017Article
- Sexual function of patients with heart failure: facts and numbers.ESC heart failure · 2017Article
- Identifying and Responding to the Sexual Reproductive Health Needs of Women with Heart Disease: A Qualitative Study.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Approximately 60% to 87% of patients with heart failure (HF) report sexual problems, and numbers as low as 31% of HF patients younger than 70 have normal sexual function. When compared with healthy elders, the amount of perceived sexual dysfunction might be similar (around 56%), but patients with HF are reporting more erectile dysfunction (ED) and also perceive that their HF symptoms (20%) or HF medication (10%) is the cause for their problems. The prevalence of ED is highly prevalent in men with cardiac disease and reported in up to 81% of cardiac patients, compared with 50% in the general older population. In total 25-76% of women with HF report sexual problems or concerns. The physical effort related to sexual activity in cardiac patients can be compared to mild to moderate physical activity. The related energy expenditure of sexual activity falls in the range of three to five metabolic units (METs), which can be compared to the energy needed to climb three flights of stairs, general housework, or gardening. Information about sexual activity is often overlooked by health care professionals treating HF patients. Advice and counselling about this subject are needed to decrease worries of patients and partners, avoid skipping medication because of fear for side effects, or prevent inappropriate use of potency enhancing drugs or herbs.
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