Effects of sildenafil on major arterial blood flow using duplex sonography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 173-175

  Kocakoc, Ercan ^a   Ardicoglu, Arslan ^a   Bozgeyik, Zulkif ^a   Kiris, Adem ^a   Yuzgec, Veysel ^a   Ogur, Erkin ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aorta; Carotid artery; Doppler sonography; Side effect; Sildenafil; Superior mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLE; DRUG EFFECT; DYSPEPSIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LEG PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NAUSEA; PENIS ERECTION; RHINITIS; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 18144397453     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20113     Document Type: Article

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