Evaluation of endothelial function with brachial artery ultrasound in men with or without erectile dysfunction and classified as intermediate risk according to the framingham score

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 849-856

  Averbeck, Márcio Augusto ^a,b,c   Colares, Carla ^d   de Lira, Gislano Heverton Soares ^a   Selbach, Tiago ^a   Rhoden, Ernani Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b Department of Urology   (Brazil)

^c Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Dom Vicente Scherer   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachial Artery Vasodilation; Endothelial Dysfunction; Erectile Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLOW MEDIATED VASODILATION; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VASODILATATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84857645592     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02591.x     Document Type: Article

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