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Lack of association among five genetic polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system and cardiac hypertrophy in patients with aortic stenosis.
American heart journal - 1 Apr 2001
Ortlepp J R, Breithardt O, Ohme F, Hanrath P, Hoffmann R
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BACKGROUND: Patients with aortic stenosis (AS) have left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). It is thought that LVH in these patients is a consequence of chronic left ventricular pressure overload. However, there is only a poor correlation between the degree of AS and the degree of LVH. Genetic polymo...
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