The application of digital pulse amplitude tonometry to the diagnostic investigation of endothelial dysfunction in men with erectile dysfunction

Andrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-15

  Aversa, A ^a   Francomano, D ^a   Bruzziches, R ^a   Pili, M ^a   Natali, M ^a   Spera, G ^a   Lenzi, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Early detection; Penile duplex ultrasound; Peripheral arterial tonometry; Reactive hyperaemia; Vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL PULSE AMPLITUDE; DYNAMIC PENILE DUPLEX ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL TONOMETRY; PULSE RATE; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 78651258375     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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