PURPOSE:To report a technique for endovascular treatment of pudendal artery stenoses in medically refractory erectile dysfunction.
CASE REPORT:Three men with known peripheral arterial disease and erectile dysfunction that was non-responsive to treatment with phosphodiesterase inhibitors underwent angiography and stent placement of the pudendal artery. Stent placement was performed using standard endovascular techniques. All 3 patients reported significant improvement in erectile function following revascularization.
CONCLUSION: Percutaneous treatment of pudendal artery stenoses with stents is feasible and offered significant benefit to these 3 patients.
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Babaev A, Jhaveri RR. Are you the author?
Division of Cardiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Reference: J Invasive Cardiol. 2012 May;24(5):236-40.
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22562921
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