Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) is a treatment that can be used to enhance sexual function in those men who have problems with Erectile Dysfunction.
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    The IIEF-5 (International Index of Erectile Function-5) is an international questionnaire for identifying Erectile Dysfunction. These questions ask about the effects your erection problems have had on your sex life, over the past 4 weeks. Please answer the following questions as honestly and clearly as possible.

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Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Data Information

  • Aicher A., Heeschen C., Sasaki K., Urbich C., Zeiher A., Dimmeler S. (2006) Low-energy shock wave for enhancing recruitment of endothelial progenitor cells: a new modality to increase efficacy of cell therapy in chronic hind limb ischemia. Circulation 114: 2823–2830 [PubMed]
  • Gruenwald I., Appel B., Vardi Y. (2012) Low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy - a novel effective treatment for erectile dysfunction in severe ED patients who respond poorly to PDE5 inhibitor therapy. J Sexual Med 9: 259–264 [PubMed]
  • Gutersohn A., Caspari G., Vopahl M., Erbel R. (1999) Upregulation of VEGF mRNA in HUVEC via shock Waves. In Proceedings of the International Conference From Genes to Therapy in Ischemic and Heart Muscle Disease, Marburg, Germany, 9–10 October
  • Ito Y., Ito K., Shiroto T., Tsuburaya R., Yi G., Takeda M., et al. (2010) Cardiac shock wave therapy ameliorates left ventricular remodeling after myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in pigs in vivo. Coron Artery Dis 21: 304–311 [PubMed]
  • Kikuchi Y., Ito K., Ito Y., Shiroto T., Tsuburaya R., Aizawa K., et al. (2010) Double-blind and placebo-controlled study of the effectiveness and safety of extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy for severe angina pectoris. Circulat J 74: 589–591 [PubMed]
  • Nishida T., Shimokawa H., Oi K., Tatewaki H., Uwatoku T., Abe T., et al. (2004) Extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy markedly ameliorates ischemia-induced myocardial dysfunction in pigs in vivo. Circulation 110: 3055–3061 [PubMed]
  • Uwatoku T., Ito K., Abe K., Oi K., Hizume T., Sunagawa K., et al. (2007) Extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy improves left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction in pigs. Coron Artery Dis 18: 397–404 [PubMed]
  • Vardi Y., Appel B., Jacob G., Massarwi O., Gruenwald I. (2010) Can low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy improve erectile function? A 6-month follow-up pilot study in patients with organic erectile dysfunction. Eur Urol 58: 243–248 [PubMed]
  • Vardi Y., Appel B., Kilchevsky A., Gruenwald I. (2012) Does low intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy have a physiological effect on erectile function? Short-term results of a randomized, double-blind, sham controlled study. J Urol187: 1769–1775 [PubMed]
  • Vasyuk Y., Hadzegova A., Shkolnik E., Kopeleva M., Krikunova O., Iouchtchouk E., et al. (2010) Initial clinical experience with extracorporeal shock wave therapy in treatment of ischemic heart failure. Congestive Heart Failure 16: 226–230 [PubMed]
  • Wang C., Huang H., Pai C. (2002) Shock wave-enhanced neovascularization at the tendon-bone junction: an experiment in dogs. J Foot Ankle Surg 41: 16–22 [PubMed]
  • Wang C., Wang F., Yang K., Weng L., Hsu C., Huang C., et al. (2003) Shock wave therapy induces neovascularization at the tendon-bone junction. A study in rabbits. J Orthop Res 21: 984–989 [PubMed]
  • Wang Y., Guo T., Ma T., Cai H., Tao S., Peng Y., et al. (2012) A modified regimen of extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy for treatment of coronary artery disease. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 10: 35. [PMC free article] [PubMed]
  • Yang P., Guo T., Wang W., Peng Y., Wang Y., Zhou P., et al. (2012) Randomized and double-blind controlled clinical trial of extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy for coronary heart disease. Heart Vessels, in press. [PubMed]

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