Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Men with Vascular Erectile Dysfunction: The View of the Preventive Cardiologist

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 251-259

  Shah, Nishant P ^a   Cainzos Achirica, Miguel ^a,b   Feldman, David I ^a   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^a,c   Miner, Martin M ^d   Billups, Kevin L ^a,e   Blaha, Michael J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery calcium; Erectile dysfunction; Prevention; Risk; Vascular erectile dysfunction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS ASSESSMENT; UROLOGIST; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ORGANIC IMPOTENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84958054157     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.08.038     Document Type: Review

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