Does chronic alcoholism associated with diabetes impair erectile function in rats?
There was an impairment of relaxation of CSM from ethanol-diabetic and diabetic rats that involved a decrease in the NO-cyclic guanosine monophosphate signalling pathway by endothelium-dependent mechanisms accompanied by a change in the CSM contractile sensitivity.
This study indicates that khat chewing is associated with AMI and is an independent dose-related risk factor for the development of myocardial infarction.