Urology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 346-350 , August 2004

Screening for ischemic heart disease in patients with erectile dysfunction: Role of penile Doppler ultrasonography

  • Ahmed I El-Sakka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Suez Canal University, School of Medicine, Ismailia, Egypt
    • , Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ahmed I. El-Sakka, M.D., Andrology Clinic, Diabetic Centre, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, P.O. Box 6251, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
    • ,
  • Ayman M Morsy

      Affiliations

    • Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
    • Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Received 22 December 2003 ,Accepted 8 March 2004.

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PII: S0090-4295(04)00333-4

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.03.016

Urology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 346-350 , August 2004

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