The combined use of brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation and carotid artery intima-media thickness measurements may be a method to determine vasculogenic erectile dysfunction

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between penile color Doppler sonography (CDS) findings and sonographic endothelial parameters in patients with erectile dysfunction (ED), including intima-media thickness (IMT) of common carotid arteries (CCA) and flow-mediated dilatation (FM...

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description The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between penile color Doppler sonography (CDS) findings and sonographic endothelial parameters in patients with erectile dysfunction (ED), including intima-media thickness (IMT) of common carotid arteries (CCA) and flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of brachial artery. Fifty-six ED patients were included in the study. Penile CDS, IMT of CCA and FMD of brachial artery were performed in all patients. According to penile CDS findings, 27 (48%) patients had non-vasculogenic and 29 (52%) patients had vasculogenic ED. Among 29 patients, 17 (30%) patients had cavernous veno-occlusive disease (CVOD) and 12 (22%) patients had arterial/combined insufficiency (AI). Median (interquartile range) FMD values of non-vasculogenic ED, CVOD and AI were 12.50 (6.54)%, 12.82 (7.41)% and 6.25 (7.17)%, respectively. FMD was found to be impaired significantly in AI group when compared to the other groups. FMD values of CVOD group were lower when compared to non-vasculogenic group, but the difference was not statistically significant. IMT values of vasculogenic ED patients were higher than non-vasculogenic ED patients ( P
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Brachial Artery - anatomy & histology
Brachial Artery - physiology
Care and treatment
Carotid arteries
Carotid Arteries - anatomy & histology
Diagnosis
Dilatation
Erectile dysfunction
Erectile Dysfunction - diagnosis
Erectile Dysfunction - diagnostic imaging
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Impotence
Male
Male genital diseases
Medical Laboratory Science - methods
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Methods
Middle Aged
Non tumoral diseases
original-article
Penis
Regional Blood Flow
Reproductive Medicine
Risk factors
rology
Tunica Intima - anatomy & histology
Ultrasonography, Doppler
Ultrasound imaging
Urology
Veins & arteries
title The combined use of brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation and carotid artery intima-media thickness measurements may be a method to determine vasculogenic erectile dysfunction
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