Combined cardiac sympathetic excitation and vagal impairment in patients with non-organic erectile dysfunction

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 348-352

  Chen, Chih J ^a,b   Kuo, Terry B J ^c,d   Tseng, Yi Jhan ^b   Yang, Cheryl C H ^c,d  

^a Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Non organic erectile dysfunction; Satisfactory response; Severity dependent; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

TRAZODONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRAZODONE; VAGUS NERVE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59149098856     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.10.155     Document Type: Article

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