Prevalence of erectile dysfunction in systolic heart failure patients in a developing country: Tbilisi, Georgia, Eastern Europe

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3991-3996

  Hebert, Kathy ^a   Anand, Jatin ^a   Trahan, Pat ^b   Delgado, Maria ^a   Greene, Joseph ^a   Julian, Elyse ^a   Cuomo, Jason ^a   Gogichaishvili, Ilia ^c   Nozadze, Nino ^c   Dias, Andre ^a   Arcement, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Leonard J Chabert Medical Center   (United States)

^c Central University Hospital   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Disease; Depression; Erectile Function; Heart Failure; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EASTERN EUROPE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

EID: 78649850791     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01954.x     Document Type: Article

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