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Absence of the α(2c)-adrenoceptor Del322-325 allele is associated with increased mortality in patients with chronic systolic heart failure.
Journal of cardiac failure - 1 Dec 2012
Amir Offer, Smith Yoav, Zafrir Barak, Azzam Naiel, Lewis Basil S, Fares Fuad
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The Del322-325 polymorphism of the α(2c)-adrenoceptor is considered to be a possible risk factor for heart failure (HF). We investigated the possible clinical association between the presence or absence of the deletion allele and mortality. METHODS AND RESULTS: Of 261 chronic systolic HF patients evaluated, 216 (83%) carried no α(2c)-adrenoceptor Del322-325 alleles (designated II); 28 patients (11%)...
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