Erectile Dysfunction and Aortic Valve Stenosis - Heart Valve Surgery

Adam Pick is a heart valve patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. In 2006, Adam founded HeartValveSurgery.com to educate and empower patients. ... and had an aortic valve replacement ("pig" valve) on March 27th. AT NO TIME BEFORE OR SINCE 1997 have I ever had erectile dysfunction. I am 67 years old, by the way ...

Viagra Won't Help, and May Harm, Patients With a Heart Valve ... - myPHteam

TUESDAY, Aug. 29, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- When one of the heart's valves goes awry, this can lead to dangerously high blood pressure in the nearby lungs. Recent studies have suggested that the impotence drug Viagra (sildenafil) might help ease the problem, known as "pulmonary hypertension linked to valvular heart disease."

Sildenafil for improving outcomes in patients with corrected valvular ...

Methods and results: The sildenafil for improving outcomes after valvular correction (SIOVAC) study was a multricentric, randomized, parallel, and placebo-controlled trial that enrolled stable adults with mean pulmonary artery pressure ≥ 30 mmHg who had undergone a successful valve replacement or repair procedure at least 1 year before ...