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A propensity score-based case-control study of renin-angiotensin system gene polymorphisms and diastolic heart failure.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Aug 2009
Wu Cho-Kai, Luo Jing-Ling, Wu Xue-Ming, Tsai Chia-Ti, Lin Jou-Wei, Hwang Juey-Jen, Lin Jiunn-Lee, Tseng Chuen-Den, Chiang Fu-Tien
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Angiotensin II plays an important role in diastolic heart failure (DHF). However, genetic studies of DHF are scarce in the literature. We hypothesized that RAS genes might be the susceptible genes for DHF and conducted a propensity score-based case-control study to prove this hypothesis. A total of 666 subjects (285 diagnosed with DHF confirmed by echocardiography and 381 without diastolic dysfunction) were...
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