Evaluation of the effects of sildenafil citrate (Viagra) on vertebral artery blood flow in patients with vertebro-basilar insufficiency

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 477-480

  Bozgeyik, Zulkif ^a   Berilgen, Sait ^a   Ozdemir, Huseyin ^a   Tekatas, Aslan ^b   Ogur, Erkin ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Elazig Military Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Color duplex sonography; Sildenafil citrate; Vertebral artery; Vertebro basilar insufficiency

Indexed keywords

PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SILDENAFIL; SULFONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; PULSATILE FLOW; PURINES; SULFONES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 57049189769     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2008.9.6.477     Document Type: Article

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