Own experience of performing pharmacodopplerography of penile vessels in the diagnosis of vasculogenic erectile dysfunction

This article is devoted to pharmacodopplerography in the diagnosis of vasculogenic erectile dysfunction. The work analyzes the spectral characteristics of the blood flow of the cavernous arteries at rest and after administration of a vasoactive substance (alprostadil). The data of a survey of 17 young and middle-aged men with complaints of inadequate erection are presented. In 5 (29.4 %) patients, the test result was negative, the erection was limited to varying degrees of swelling of the cavernous bodies in the absence of rigidity.

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