ArticleScientific reports2022
The flow index provides a comprehensive assessment of erectile dysfunction by combining blood flow velocity and vascular diameter.
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- Bridging fibrosis and function: an integrated mechanistic and therapeutic framework for Peyronie's disease and related erectile dysfunction.Sexual medicine · 2026Review
- Comment on "Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2Is) effect on erectile dysfunction (ED) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)".Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2026Article
- Penile Scintigraphy-A Diagnostic Method for Vasculogenic Erectile Dysfunction.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Analysis of vacuum negative pressure therapy and traditional Chinese medicine lavage in combination with tadalafil for vascular erectile dysfunction.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Review
- A Mendelian randomisation approach to explore genetic factors associated with erectile dysfunction based on pooled genomic data.American journal of clinical and experimental urology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Dynamic duplex sonography (DUS) is not comprehensive in the evaluation of arteriogenic erectile dysfunction (ED). We introduced a new parameter, the flow index (FI), into the assessment of arteriogenic ED. A retrospective review of a prospective database was conducted. Patients undergoing DUS and pelvic computed tomography angiography for the evaluation of ED were included. The FI was calculated from peak systolic velocity (PSV) and the percentages of pelvic arterial (PLA) stenosis. Correlations between PSV, PLA stenosis, the FI, and erectile function were calculated. Eighty-three patients were included. Compared with PSV, the FI had better correlations with the erection hardness score (EHS) (r
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