Brachial flow-mediated dilation correlates with vardenafil response in hypertensive men with vasculogenic erectile dysfunction

Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 368-374

  Javaroni, Valter ^a   Queiroz Miguez, Marcio ^a   Abreu Casanova, Marcela ^a   Oigman, Wille ^a   Neves, Mario F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO PEDRO ERNESTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VARDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULOGENIC ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMIDAZOLES; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SULFONES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 80051469139     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.02.070     Document Type: Article

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