Erectile dysfunction in heart failure: Correlation with severity, exercise performance, comorbidities, and heart failure treatment

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2795-2805

  Apostolo, Anna ^a   Vignati, Carlo ^a   Brusoni, Denise ^a   Cattadori, Gaia ^a   Contini, Mauro ^a   Veglia, Fabrizio ^a   Magrì, Damiano ^a,c   Palermo, Pietro ^a   Tedesco, Calogero ^a   Doria, Elisabetta ^a   Fiorentini, Cesare ^a   Montorsi, Piero ^a   Agostoni, Piergiuseppe ^a,b  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Heart failure; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGASM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70649096325     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01416.x     Document Type: Article

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