Karakurt, DavutEde, HuseyinTuran, YasarGurel, AbdullahArdahanli, IsaSarak, Taner2021-01-142021-01-142020Davut Karakurt, Hüseyin Ede, Yasar Turan, Abdullah Gürel, İsa Ardahanlı, Taner Sarak. Evaluation of the relationship between erectile dysfunction and epicardial fat tissue thickness and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2020; 48(8): 746-753.1016-5169https://doi.org/10.5543/tkda.2020.21290https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/12506Objective: This study is an investigation of the relationship between erectile dysfunction and epicardial adipose tissue and carotid intima-media thickness, which are indicators of endothelial dysfunction and subclinical atherosclerosis, in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension. Methods: The epicardial adipose tissue and carotid intima-media thickness of 101 male patients with newly diagnosed hypertension were measured using echocardiography between May 1, 2018 and May 31, 2019. Evaluation of erectile dysfunction was performed using the 5-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) in a face-toface interview in the urology outpatient clinic. The data of patients with and without erectile dysfunction were compared. Results: There was a significant relationship between the presence and severity of erectile dysfunction and epicardial fat tissue and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension. Left ventricular diastolic function was found to be more impaired in patients with erectile dysfunction. Conclusion: Erectile dysfunction was determined to be related to increased epicardial fat tissue and carotid intima-media thicknesses in patients with newly-diagnosed hypertension.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEpicardial fat tissueerectile dysfunctionessential hypertensioncarotid intima-media thicknessArticle48874675310.5543/tkda.2020.212902-s2.0-8509703446933257608Q3427506WOS:000597061800006N/A