Impaired flow-mediated vasodilatation in Asian Indians with erectile dysfunction

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 652-657

  Bhatia, Tanuj ^a   Kapoor, Aditya ^a   Kumar, Jatinder ^a   Sinha, Archana ^a   Ranjan, Priyadarshi ^a   Kumar, Sudeep ^a   Garg, Naveen ^a   Tewari, Satyendra ^a   Srivastava, Aneesh ^a   Kapoor, Rakesh ^a   Goel, Pravin K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Brachial artery flow mediated vasodilatation; Erectile dysfunction (ED)

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; VASODILATATION;

AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 84883479945     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2013.15     Document Type: Article

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