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ArticleJournal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine2019

Diagnostic Accuracy of Different Criteria of Pharmaco-penile Duplex Sonography for Venous Erectile Dysfunction.

Li Chen, Lingling Xu, Jin Wang, Hong Li, Danqing Zhang, Cuihong Zhang, Huijun Jia, Mingxing Xie, Zhaohui Zhu, Yali Yang

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Article in Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Li ChenDepartment of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Lingling XuDepartment of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Jin WangDepartment of Urology Surgery, West Campus, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Hong LiDepartment of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Danqing ZhangDepartment of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Cuihong ZhangDepartment of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Huijun JiaDepartment of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Mingxing XieDepartment of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4984-1567
Zhaohui ZhuDepartment of Urology Surgery, West Campus, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3146-6714
Yali YangDepartment of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7912-9530
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National Natural Science Foundation of China 81000615National Natural Science Foundation of China 81530056National Natural Science Foundation of China 81671705
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe aim of this study was to analyze the diagnostic accuracy of different criteria of pharmaco-penile duplex sonography in venous erectile dysfunction (ED).

methodsThe following parameters were measured after an intracavernous injection test in patients with ED from May 2016 to February 2017 at our hospital: diameter, peak systolic velocity, end-diastolic velocity, and resistance index of the cavernous artery; diameter and peak velocity (if leak occurred) of the deep dorsal vein. Three ultrasonographic diagnostic criteria of venous ED were applied. Criterion A: continuous blood flow signals in the deep dorsal vein, peak velocity greater than 3 cm/s, peak systolic velocity greater than 30 cm/s, end-diastolic velocity greater than 5 cm/s; Criterion B: resistance index less than 0.89 and other parameters corresponding with Criterion A; Criterion C: resistance index less than 0.80 and other parameters corresponding with Criterion A. The diagnostic results of each criterion were compared with the cavernosographic results.

resultsThirty-six patients were diagnosed as venous ED by cavernosography in 54 ED cases. The diagnostic specificity, sensitivity, and accuracy of Criterion A were 70.6%, 91.7%, and 84.9%, respectively. Those of Criterion B were 82.4%, 69.4%, and 73.6%, while the results for Criterion C were 94.1%, 33.3%, and 52.8%, respectively. Criterion A had the highest diagnostic accuracy, the largest area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (area = 0.811), and the highest consistency (kappa = 0.642) with the cavernosographic results in the 3 criteria. The difference was statistically significant (P < .05).

conclusionsAmong the 3 commonly used ultrasonographic criteria, Criterion A is most appropriate in the diagnosis of venous ED.

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AdolescentAdultBlood Flow VelocityErectile DysfunctionHumansMaleMiddle AgedPenisProspective StudiesRegional Blood FlowReproducibility of ResultsUltrasonography, Doppler, DuplexYoung AdultcavernosographyDoppler ultrasounderectile dysfunctionintracavernous injection

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