Association between Erectile Dysfunction and Coronary Artery Disease: Matching the Right Target with the Right Test in the Right Patient

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 721-731

  Montorsi, Piero ^a   Ravagnani, Paolo M ^a   Galli, Stefano ^a   Salonia, Andrea ^b   Briganti, Alberto ^b   Werba, José P ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary artery disease; Erectile dysfunction; Exercise stress test; Risk factors; Screening tests; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCERLIT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE TEST; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748311881     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.07.015     Document Type: Review

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