Sexual activity and erectile dysfunction in elderly men with angiographically documented coronary artery disease

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-44

  Justo, D ^a   Arbel, Y ^a   Mulat, B ^a   Mashav, N ^a   Saar, N ^a   Steinvil, A ^a   Heruti, R ^b   Banai, S ^a   Lerman, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Elderly; Erectile dysfunction

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; STATIN; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SEXUALITY;

EID: 75149162783     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2009.45     Document Type: Article

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