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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphisms and prognosis in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 1 Sept 2006
Tanabe Nobuhiro, Amano Shinya, Tatsumi Koichiro, Kominami Satoshi, Igarashi Natsuhiko, Shimura Ryuhi, Matsubara Hiroshi, Kasahara Yasunori, Takiguchi Yuichi, Kuriyama Takayuki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important role in vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension, and ACE gene polymorphism is associated with exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in Japanese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The present study was designed to investigate if ACE-insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism might be related to the susceptibility, severity,...
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