Erectile dysfunction in healthy subjects predicts reduced coronary flow velocity reserve

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-170

  Borgquist, Rasmus ^a   Gudmundsson, Petri ^a   Winter, Reidar ^a   Nilsson, Peter ^a   Willenheimer, Ronnie ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary microcirculation; Echocardiography; Ischemic heart disease; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFUSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC IMPOTENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33748448621     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.08.035     Document Type: Article

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