The combined use of brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation and carotid artery intima-media thickness measurements may be a method to determine vasculogenic erectile dysfunction

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 577-583

  Ucar, G ^a   Secil, M ^a   Demir, O ^a   Demir, T ^a   Comlekci, A ^a   Uysal, S ^a   Esen, A A ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Erectile dysfunction; Flow mediated dilatation; Imaging; Intima media thickness; Penile Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THICKNESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; DILATATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 35848946626     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901572     Document Type: Article

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