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Insertion/deletion polymorphism of angiotensin I converting enzyme gene and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Kardiologia polska - 1 Sept 2006
Moleda Piotr, Majkowska Liliana, Kaliszczak Robert, Safranow Krzysztof, Adler Grazyna, Goracy Iwona
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INTRODUCTION: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a well known risk factor of death from cardiovascular causes. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are at particularly high risk of developing cardiovascular disease, which accounts for 80% of deaths in this group. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is probably related to increased left ventricular mass (LVM). Existing data show that the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone...
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