Vasculogenic erectile dysfunction is a predictor of abnormal stress echocardiography

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 820-825

  Mulhall, John ^a   Teloken, Patrick ^b   Barnas, Jennifer ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac Stress Echocardiography; Coronary Artery Disease; Erectile Dysfunction; Penile Doppler Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENIS ARTERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 61549122077     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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