Penile duplex pharmaco-ultrasonography of cavernous arteries in men with erectile dysfunction and generalized atherosclerosis

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 496-501

  Bocchio, Massimo ^a   Scarpelli, Piero ^a   Necozione, Stefano ^a   Pelliccione, Fiore ^a   Spartera, Carlo ^a   Francavilla, Felice ^a   Francavilla, Sandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Cavernous arteries; Erectile dysfunction; Intima media thickness; Peak systolic velocity

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAVERNOSAL PERFUSION DISORDER; CAVERNOUS ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PENIS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALPROSTADIL; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 33745947929     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2006.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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