Endothelial function in patients with metabolic syndrome and erectile dysfunction: A question of Angiopoietin imbalance?

Andrology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 541-548

  Tomada, N ^a,b,c   Tomada, I ^b,c   Botelho, F ^a,b   Pacheco Figueiredo, L ^a,d   Lopes, T ^a,b,c   Negrao R ^b   Pestana, M ^b   Cruz, F ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Endothelium endothelial cells; Erectile dysfunction; Growth factors; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOPOIETIN; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR INFLAMMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGONADISM; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PENILE DUPLEX DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL TONOMETRY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TONOMETRY;

ANGIOPOIETIN-1; ANGIOPOIETIN-2; ANGIOPOIETINS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; MANOMETRY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84879467763     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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