Colour duplex Doppler ultrasonography evaluation of non-vasculogenic male erectile dysfunction: An Indian perspective

Australas Radiol. 2002 Jun;46(2):170-3. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2001.01029.x.

Abstract

We present the study of colour duplex Doppler ultrasonography on Indian patients with non-vasculogenic erectile dysfunction. Patients with a history suggestive of psychogenic impotence along with a normal clinical response to intracavernosal papaverine were presumed to have non-vasculogenic erectile dysfunction. In our patients, the incidence of psychogenic impotence was much higher and the mean age of patients presenting with erectile dysfunction was lower as compared to patients from developed countries reported in research. The Doppler flowmetry showed much higher mean peak systolic velocities (PSVs) with a negative correlation between age and PSV. End diastolic velocity, resistive index and acceleration time values conformed to the literature.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Erectile Dysfunction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Erectile Dysfunction / epidemiology
  • Erectile Dysfunction / psychology
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color