Tuesday, September 13, 2011

#AskDrKK: Can Sildenafil (Viagra) cause acute heart attack?

#DrKKAnswers:
1. Acute heart attack and sudden death have been described after sildenafil therapy [1, 2].
2. Seventy percent of the men who developed MI of SCD had known cardiovascular disease and several were using a nitrate concurrently with sildenafil [3].

References
1. Lancet 1998; 352:957.
2. N Engl J Med 1999; 341:700 .
3. Circulation 2000; 102:2516.

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