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Genetic variation in angiotensin II type 2 receptor gene influences extent of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy independent of blood pressure.
Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS - 1 Sept 2011
Carstens Nadia, van der Merwe Lize, Revera Miriam, Heradien Marshall, Goosen Althea, Brink Paul A, Moolman-Smook Johanna C
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INTRODUCTION: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), an inherited primary cardiac disorder mostly caused by defective sarcomeric proteins, serves as a model to investigate left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). HCM manifests extreme variability in the degree and distribution of LVH, even in patients with the same causal mutation. Genes coding for renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system components have been studied as...
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