Erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease: A relationship for disclosure

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Vlachopoulos, Charalambos ^a,b   Ioakeimidis, Nikolaos ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Erectile dysfunction; Type 5 phosphodiesterase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING;

COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41849146357     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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