Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

How an ED Visit Prevented a Heart Attack 🤯 #HeartHealth #ED

25 May 2026 · 1 min

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Dr. Anne Truong explains how erectile dysfunction tipped off doctors to David's heart disease. A coronary calcium score CT scan found plaque in his arteries, leading to aspirin and increased statin doses. Without that ED screening, his condition might have gone undetected until a heart attack.

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Number 4 is investigate the heart. Because David's ED is a vascular red flag, I recommend that he gets a coronary calcium score test. This is a quick, low-radiation CT scan that look at plaques in your heart. David's score came back elevated, so, which confirmed that he had early heart disease. So he was started on an aspirin and his statin dose was increased. So without the ED evaluation and blood work, his heart disease may not have been found for years, possibly not until a heart attack happened.