[Levitra-test in diagnosis of vasculogenic erectile dysfunction]

Dopplerography in artificial erection induced by intracavernous injection of drugs is now the most common method of diagnosis in examination of patients with erectile dysfunction (ED). We studied possibility of inducing erection by the novel potent and selective oral drug levitra (vordenafil) from the group of inhibitors of phosphodiesterase of the 5th type. The comparison of the dopplerographic results of two methods (erection induced by intracavernous injection of prostaglandin E and levitra) showed no statistical differences between the two methods. Thus, levitra-test is a highly informative technique in diagnostic examination of patients with erectile dysfunction with the same pharmacodopplerographic efficacy as intracavernous injection of vasoactive drugs.