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Preferential association of aldosterone synthase gene polymorphism with central blood pressure and wave reflections in hypertensive individuals.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Apr 2010
Blacher J, Kakou A, Lacombe J-M, Safar M E
Abstract excerpt
In hypertensive humans, the CC genotype of the aldosterone synthase gene polymorphism (ASGP) CYP11B(2) (C-344T variant) is associated with increased aortic stiffness. Whether ASGP is also associated with altered central (carotid) wave reflections has never been investigated. After 1-month wash-out period, 124 hypertensive individuals were submitted to measurements of brachial and carotid systolic blood pressure...
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