Trial reportNutrients2020
The Mediterranean Diet Benefit on Cardiovascular Hemodynamics and Erectile Function in Chronic Heart Failure Male Patients by Decoding Central and Peripheral Vessel Rheology.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of diet and antihyperglycemic drugs on erectile dysfunction: A systematic review.Andrology · 2023Pooled it
- The effects of mediterranean and Persian diet on sexual function and semen parameters quality among infertile men: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- The influence of the Mediterranean dietary pattern on male and female sexual dysfunctions: an updated review.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2026Review
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- A Narrative Review of Independent Treatment Methods for ED: Assessment of the Effectiveness of Diet, Supplements, Pharmacotherapy, and Physiotherapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Effect of Age, Gender, Food Intake, Obesity, and Smoking on Serum Levels of Prolactin in Healthy Adults.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- The Effect of Diet on Vascular Aging: A Narrative Review of the Available Literature.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Association with Serum Inflammatory Factors Stress Oxidative and Appetite in COVID-19 Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMediterranean diet was evaluated on erectile performance and cardiovascular hemodynamics, in chronic heart failure patients.
methods150 male stable heart failure patients were enrolled in the study (62 ± 10 years, New York Heart Association (NYHA) classes I-II, ejection fraction ≤40%). A detailed echocardiographic evaluation including estimation of the global longitudinal strain of the left ventricle and the systolic tissue doppler velocity of the tricuspid annulus was performed. Erectile dysfunction severity was assessed by the Sexual Health Inventory for Men-5 (SHIM-5) score. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet was evaluated by the MedDietScore.
resultsThe SHIM-5 score was positively correlated with the MedDietScore (
conclusionConsumption of Mediterranean diet benefits cardiovascular hemodynamics, while suppressing serum prolactin levels. Such physiology may enhance erectile ability independently of the of the left ventricle ejection fraction.
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