ED 26. Multiple arterial occlusion with clinical manifestations of erectile dysfunction
Erectile Dysfunction

ED 26. Multiple arterial occlusion with clinical manifestations of erectile dysfunction

Bin Zhang, Jun Chen, Tao Qi, Bo Wang, Xiaoming Li, Shiqin Chen

Department of Infertility & Sexual Medicine, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China


Introduction: It should be attention that erectile dysfunction might be the precaution of arterial occlusion.

Methods and Materials: A case of multiple arterial occlusion with clinical manifestations of erectile dysfunction were repotted.

Results: A 57 years old male patient who worked as a civil servant complained of erectile dysfunction for 10 years. He received oral sidenafil for 100 mg discontinuously twice before. And Chinese medicine treatment was of no effect on him. His previous medical history included surgical removal of rectal cancer and there was no past history of cardiac or diabetic involvement. He had been married and procreated and he wasn't a smoker or a dependent drinker. He was forced to interrupt sexual intercourse because of erectile dysfunction and sought medical treatment in our hospital in 2010.The physical examination of him indicated that his secondary sex characteristics and penis were normal. And the PBI (Penile artery pressure/Brachial artery pressure) was 0.6. The temperature of his left lower limb was lower than the right side by 0.5 oC. His primary diagnosis was arterial erectile dysfunction and arterial occlusion of 2 branches of the coronary artery and left lower extremity were shown in the color doppler ultrasonography. Finally, he received the percutaneous coronary intervention treatment after a professional consultation.

Conclusions: It should be attention that erectile dysfunction might be the precaution of arterial occlusion.

Key words

Multiple arterial occlusion; erectile dysfunction

DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4683.2012.s090

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