The false diagnosis of venous leak: Prevalence and predictors

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2344-2349

  Teloken, Patrick E ^a   Park, Kelly ^b   Parker, Marilyn ^c   Guhring, Patricia ^b   Narus, Joseph ^b   Mulhall, John P ^b  

^a ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic Infusion Cavernosometry; Erectile Dysfunction; Penile Doppler Ultrasound; Vascular Testing For Erectile Dysfunction; Venous Leak

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CORPORAL VENO OCCLUSIVE DYSFUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DYNAMIC INFUSION CAVERNOSOMETRY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 79960837386     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02298.x     Document Type: Article

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