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Arterial Occlusive Diseases/physiopathology , Collateral Circulation , Iliac Artery , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Leg/blood supply , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Arterial Occlusive Diseases/physiopathology , Collateral Circulation , Iliac Artery/physiopathology , Leg/blood supply , Mesenteric Arteries/physiopathology , Adult , Aged , Aorta, Abdominal , Aortic Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Aortic Diseases/physiopathology , Aortography , Arterial Occlusive Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Female , Humans , Ischemia/physiopathology , Lumbosacral Region/blood supply , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Arteriosclerosis/physiopathology , Blood Pressure , Adult , Aged , Blood Pressure Determination/methods , Brachial Artery , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Penis/blood supplyABSTRACT
In order to demonstrate the relationship between sexual impotence and penile-brachial index 142 patients with arteriosclerotic disease of the legs and 15 control patients have been studied. Penile-brachial index has been evaluated by Doppler ultrasound, while sexual impotence has been graded on the basis of clinical history. Patients with arteriosclerotic disease have been further divided into 2 groups: patients with normal sexual potence and patients with sexual impotence. Penile-brachial index resulted 0,87 +/- S.D. 0,16 in the former group, while it resulted 0,59 +/- S.D. 0,22 in the latter. The present data seem to suggest that in patients with arteriosclerotic disease of the legs a positive relationship exists between penile-brachial index greater than 0,80 and a normal sexual potence, while a penile-brachial index less than 0,60 strongly indicates the possibility that the main factor responsible for sexual impotence is vascular insufficiency.