伟哥有奇效 男性服用伟哥可降低心脏病发作

Patients taking Viagra are less likely to suffer a heart attack new research claims.

一项新的研究表明，服用伟哥的患者更不易心脏病发作。

Men taking the impotence drug were found to have a lower risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart failure than those not on the medication.

与不服用伟哥的人相比，服用这种治疗阳痿药物的男性患心脏病或死于心脏病的风险较低。

The findings mean Viagra could soon be used to treat hundreds of thousands of heart failure patients and even prevent fatal heart attacks scientists say.

科学家们表示，研究结果意味着伟哥可能很快被用来治疗成百上千的心脏衰竭患者，甚至可以预防致命的心脏病发作。

Experts from the University of Manchester studied 6000 diabetic patients who had been given Viagra to treat erectile dysfunction.

来自曼彻斯特大学的专家研究了6000名服用伟哥治疗勃起功能障碍的糖尿病患者。

The drug relaxes muscle cells in the blood vessels supplying the penis allowing more blood to flow there.

这种药物让供应阴茎血管中的肌细胞松弛，使得更多血液流向那里。

Despite diabetics being prone to heart problems the study participants did not suffer as many incidents as similar patients not on the drug.

尽管糖尿病患者容易出现心脏问题，参与研究的患者心脏病发作次数并没有像未服用该药物的类似患者那样多。