Assessment of Exercise Stress Test Parameters in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction

• Published in: Bezmialem science 2022-08, Vol.10 (4), p.415-419
• Main Authors: OFLAR, Ersan, YILDIZ, Cennet, KARABULUT, Dilay, SAİT, Ertuğrul Abdülcelil, TURHAN ÇAĞLAR, Fatma Nihan, ÖZTÜRK, İbrahim Faruk
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Blood pressure; Cardiac stress tests; Cardiovascular disease; Cholesterol; Erectile dysfunction; Fitness equipment; heart rate recovery; Hypertension; Laboratories; Nervous system; Patients; Questionnaires; stress; Vein & artery diseases
• ISSN: 2148-2373; 2148-2373
• DOI: 10.14235/bas.galenos.2021.6510

Objective: Erectile dysfunction (ED) has a significant impact on quality of life, given its high prevalence and association with cardiovascular diseases. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate exercise treadmill parameters in patients with ED. Methods: A total of 178 patients who were admitted to the cardiology clinic was enrolled in the study. Patients were divided into two groups according to their International Index of Erectile Function-5 (IIEF-5) score. Exercise time, maximum heart rate (HR), resting HR, chronotropic index (CI), HR recovery at one minute (HRR1) and two minutes (HRR2) were evaluated for each patient. Results: Subjects with ED were older, had similar rates of diabetes mellitus and hypertension compared to control group. Exercise time was longer and peak HR was higher in patients with ED compared to the healthy counterparts [556.00 (61) sec. vs 575.5 (84) sec. p=0.025, and 156.00 (13) bpm vs 160.50 (11) bpm p=0.001, respectively]. We did not find statistically significant differences with respect to resting HR, HRR1, HRR2, CI, maximum systolic and diastolic blood pressure, or rate pressure product between two groups. IIEF-5 score was negatively correlated with age (r=-0.54, p=