Main description:

Erectile Dysfunction as a Cardiovascular Impairment organizes and summarizes the many aspects of biology and metabolism in cardiovascular and sexual function. Coverage includes how blood vessels are discovered to work, their role in hypertension, atherosclerosis, type-2 diabetes, oxidative stress, metabolic syndrome, and erectile dysfunction.

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. How we measure and evaluate function, impairment, and change with intervention
3. Cardiovascular health hazards impairing sexual vitality
4. Oxidative stress
5. Metabolic syndrome
6. ADMA (asymmetric-dimethylarginine) impairs NO bioavailability and jeopardizes cardio-sexual function
7. Arginine supplementation in cardiovascular disorders
8. Arginine and arginine-combinations in treatment of erectile dysfunction
9. The polyphenolic antioxidant resveratrol, the carotinoid lycopene, and the proanthocyanidin pycnogenol (R)
10. Selected micronutrients and the metabolic basis for their support of endothelial health and erectile function