German scientists found out that Viagra, the erectile dysfunction drug, can help patients with diastolic heart failure as it relaxes the heart.
The latest studies revealed that Viagra, the number one impotence drug in the world, is a great way to help patients suffering from diastolic heart failure.
This condition is characterized by abnormally inflexive ventricles that cannot get enough blood, which causes breathing difficulties.
Viagra is used to relax the heart due to the special enzyme that affects heart muscle cells.
The author of the study, Dr. Wolfgang Linke of the Ruhr Universitat Bochum in Bochum, Germany, said: “We have developed a therapy in an animal model that, for the first time, also raises hopes for the successful treatment of patients.”
The results of the study, which was held among dogs with diastolic heart failure, were published in late December in the Circulation journal.
Dr. Wolfgang Linke highlighted that the scientists already have “a molecular mechanism on hand to explain the effect” behind Viagra and that they plan to continue with the research.









