A COMPARISON OF 2 TECHNIQUES FOR THE DETECTION OF THE VASCULOGENIC COMPONENT OF IMPOTENCE

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 155  (2) , 230-234
Abstract
Patients (86) were evaluated in the vascular laboratory with regard to vasculogenic impotence. Doppler ultrasound and a new method, photoplethysmography, were used alone and in combination, compared and correlated with the results of psychiatric therapy. Doppler ultrasound and the photoplethysmographic techniques give almost identical results apart from the zero reading on the Doppler recordings which correlates poorly with the results of psychotherapy and photoplethysmographic findings. The photoplethysmographic technique is quicker, more esthetically acceptable and is the method of choice for the assessment of the vasculogenic component of impotence.

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