Is there a concordance between carotid and penile cavernosal artery intima-media thickness in patients with erectile dysfunction

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-48

  Gokkaya, C S ^a   Aktas, B K ^a   Toprak, U ^a   Yahsi, S ^a   Bulut, S ^a   Ozden, C ^a   Memis, A ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

color Doppler ultrasonography; common carotid arteries; ED; vasculogenic impotence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIC IMPOTENCE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERIES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84855874499     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2011.46     Document Type: Article

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