Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1104-1107 , May 2010

Is Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction a Risk Factor for Erectile Dysfunction?

  • Clemens Wehrberger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Andrology, Danube Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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  • Michael Rauchenwald

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Andrology, Danube Hospital, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Rainer Spinka

      Affiliations

    • First Medical Department, Donauspital, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Heinz Weber

      Affiliations

    • First Medical Department, Donauspital, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Stephan Madersbacher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Andrology, Danube Hospital, Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stephan Madersbacher, M.D., F.E.B.U., Department of Urology and Andrology, Danube Hospital, SMZ-Ost, Langobardenstraβe 122, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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  • Anton Ponholzer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Andrology, Danube Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Received 23 August 2009 ,Accepted 23 November 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02963-X

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.11.040

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1104-1107 , May 2010

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