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Is prostatitis a vascular disease?

My editorial response to an article published in the June issue titled “Greater endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome–a possible link to cardiovascular disease.”

Urologists used to believe that all of our patients with the chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) had a prostate problem. In December 1995 that perception started to change with … [more]

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