title: [Sexual impotence of vascular etiology in arterial obstructive disease of the legs].
abstract: In order to demonstrate the relationship between sexual impotence and penile-brachial index 142 patients with arteriosclerotic disease of the legs and 15 control patients have been studied. Penile-brachial index has been evaluated by Doppler ultrasound, while sexual impotence has been graded on the basis of clinical history. Patients with arteriosclerotic disease have been further divided into 2 groups: patients with normal sexual potence and patients with sexual impotence. Penile-brachial index resulted 0,87 +/- S.D. 0,16 in the former group, while it resulted 0,59 +/- S.D. 0,22 in the latter. The present data seem to suggest that in patients with arteriosclerotic disease of the legs a positive relationship exists between penile-brachial index greater than 0,80 and a normal sexual potence, while a penile-brachial index less than 0,60 strongly indicates the possibility that the main factor responsible for sexual impotence is vascular insufficiency.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001162:Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / Q000150:complications*; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010413:Penis / Q000098:blood supply; D012039:Regional Blood Flow
vernacular_title: L'impotenza sessuale da causa vascolare nelle arteriopatie obliteranti degli arti inferiori.