Erectile dysfunction: The need to be evaluated, the right to be treated

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 620-626

  Solomon, Hemant ^a   DeBusk, Robert F ^b   Jackson, Graham ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 25844457027     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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