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Diagnosis of coronary artery disease [CAD] in early stages is vital in decreasing mortality by reducing the risk factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between erectile dysfunction [ED] and CAD. A total of 200 patients were divided into four groups according to their angiography Group 1 [G1, n = 59]: patients with one-vessel disease [1-VD]; Group 2 [G2, n = 40]: patients with two-vessel disease [2-VD]; Group 3 [G3, n = 50]: patients with three-vessel disease [3-VD]; and controls [C, n = 51] without any coronary disease. The International Index of Erectile Function [IIEF] was completed for all the patients to assess their sexual function and ED in the last 6 months. Mean age of the participants was 57.69 +/- 12.466 years. The prevalence of ED in the CAD patients was significantly higher than that of the controls [75.16% vs. 60.8%; p value = 0.041]. There was a significant direct correlation between the number of involved vessels in the CAD patients and ED severity [r: 0.183; p value = 0.010], and the ED rate increased with age. In conclusion, ED severity correlated with the number of involved vessels documented by coronary angiography. Consequently, ED may be considered a possible marker for the development of atherosclerosis and CAD
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BACKGROUND: Breast reconstruction refers to the rebuilding of a woman's breast using autologous tissue or prosthetic material to form a natural-looking breast. It is increasingly offered to women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer. However, there is no systematic analysis available for the expanding area of research on breast reconstruction. METHODS: A bibliometric method was used to obtain a view of the scientific production about breast reconstruction by data extracted from the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Specific parameters were retrieved from the ISI. Articles about breast reconstruction were analyzed to obtain a view of the topic's structure, history, and document relationships using HistCite software. Trends in the most influential publications and authors were analyzed. RESULTS: The number of articles was constantly increasing. Most highly cited articles described the methods of flap construction in the surgery. Other highly cited articles discussed the psychological or emotional aspects of breast reconstruction, skin sparing mastectomy, and breast reconstruction in the irradiated breast. CONCLUSIONS: This was the first breast reconstruction scientometric analysis, representing the characteristics of papers and the trends of scientific production. A constant increase in the number of breast reconstruction papers and also the increasing number of citations shows that there is an increasing interest in this area of medical science. It seems that most of the research in this field is focused on the technical aspects of surgery.