title: [Role of color-Doppler in the assessment of erectile impotence: personal experience].
abstract: We present our experience with colour duplex sonography in the assessment of 38 impotent men, whose ten underwent radical prostatectomy, following intracavernous pharmacological stimulation with PGE1. All patients with a clinical good response following PGE1 injection had peak cavernosal artery velocities > 30 cm/sec. The remaining suboptimal responders who presented an elevated end-diastolic velocity (> 5 cm/sec) showed a venous leakage demonstrated with cavernosography. Colour duplex sonography is a valuable and non-invasive tool in the assessment of impotence and can provide valuable information in the diagnosis of vasculogenic erectile dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Urologica, Università di Pisa.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Minervini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Felipetto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cecchi
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sepich
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Viganò
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Pagni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fiorentini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
chemical_list: D000527:Alprostadil
vernacular_title: Ruolo del color-Doppler nella valutazione dell'impotenza erettile: esperienza personale.