Impaired Elasticity of Aorta in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction

Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 558-562

  Kaya, Cevdet ^a   Ergelen, Mehmet ^b   Ilktac, Abdullah ^a   Karaman, M Ihsan ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RATING SCALE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLIANCE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMPOTENCE; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; SMOKING; STROKE VOLUME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34648837613     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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