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Aldosterone synthase -344C/T and angiotensin-converting enzyme I/D polymorphisms in Turkish hypertensive patients with normal coronary arteries.
Acta cardiologica - 1 Feb 2006
Olcay Ayhan, Nisanci Yilmaz, Ekmekci C Gokhan, Umman Berrin, Bugra Zehra, Sezer Murat, Acar R Deniz, Ozbek Ugur
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BACKGROUND: The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) plays an important role in blood pressure regulation, left ventricular and vascular structure. Some hypertensive patients develop left ventricular dilatation and heart failure symptoms while others are relatively less affected. The purpose of our study was to determine whether two major polymorphisms of RAAS are associated with echocardiographic left...
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