Is erectile dysfunction a predictor of cardiovascular events or stroke A prospective study using a validated questionnaire

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-29

  Ponholzer, A ^a   Gutjahr, G ^b   Temml, C ^c   Madersbacher, S ^a  

^a DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c City of Vienna ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Erection; Myocardial infarction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE;

EID: 75149129424     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2009.40     Document Type: Article

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