Obstructive sleep apnea and erectile dysfunction: Still a neglected risk factor?

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-10

  Zias, Nikolaos ^a,c   Bezwada, Vishnu ^a   Gilman, Sean ^b   Chroneou, Alexandra ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CPAP; Erectile dysfunction; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea; OSA; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EJACULATION DISORDER; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOXIA; IMPOTENCE; LIBIDO DISORDER; LONG TERM CARE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOGENESIS; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPTOM; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PURINES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SULFONES;

EID: 58149191491     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-008-0212-8     Document Type: Review

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