Abstract

SUAREZ LESCAY, Celso. Penile brachial index in the diagnosis of sexual erectile dysfunction. MEDISAN [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.10, pp. 1361-1368. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and prospective study was conducted in 58 patients in whom the penile brachial pressure index was measured for the diagnosis of sexual erectile dysfunction in "Dr. Joaquín Castillo Duany" Provincial Teaching Hospital of Santiago de Cuba during a year (2010-2011) in order to identify the hemodynamic parameters and other associated conditions and evaluate vascular involvement in the disease. The greater number of men with positive results were over 50 years and the indexes below normal range were observed in 46,5 % of them. Age, smoking habit and hypertension provided the lowest values of this indicator in our cases.

Keywords : penile brachial index; Doppler ultrasonography; blood vessel; sexual erectiledysfuntion.

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