Erectile dysfunction may predict coronary artery disease: Relationship between coronary artery calcium scoring and erectile dysfunction severity

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-123

  Yaman, Onder ^a   Gulpinar, Omer ^a   Hasan, Taner ^a   Ozdol, Cagdas ^a   Ertas, Fatih S ^a   Ozgenci, Enver ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium score; Erectile dysfunction; IIEF; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 41549083376     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-007-9293-8     Document Type: Article

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