Flaccid Penile Acceleration as a Marker of Cardiovascular Risk in Men without Classical Risk Factors

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 173-186

  Rastrelli, Giulia ^a   Corona, Giovanni ^a,b   Lotti, Francesco ^a   Aversa, Antonio ^c   Bartolini, Marco ^d   Mancini, Mario ^e   Mannucci, Edoardo ^f   Maggi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Diagnostic Imaging Department   (Italy)

^e SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Risk; Flaccid Acceleration; Penile Doppler Parameters; Residual Risk; Sexual Dysfunction

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FLACCID ACCELERATION; PENILE DOPPLER PARAMETERS; RESIDUAL RISK; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84892678698     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12342     Document Type: Article

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