Common grounds for erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 361-365

  Montorsi, Piero ^a   Ravagnani, Paolo M ^a   Galli, Stefano ^a   Rotatori, Francesco ^a   Briganti, Alberto ^b   Salonia, Andrea ^b   Dehò, Federico ^b   Montorsi, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artery size; Coronary artery disease; Erectile dysfunction; Exercise stress testing; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; SILDENAFIL;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE, VASCULOGENIC; MALE;

EID: 8644287640     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200411000-00012     Document Type: Review

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