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Angiotensin-converting enzyme in the human heart. Effect of the deletion/insertion polymorphism.
Circulation - 15 Sept 1995
Danser A H, Schalekamp M A, Bax W A, van den Brink A M, Saxena P R, Riegger G A, Schunkert H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: An insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene has been associated with differences in the plasma levels of ACE as well as with myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, left ventricular hypertrophy, and coronary artery disease. METHODS AND RESULTS: We determined the cardiac ACE activity and the ACE genotype in 71 subjects who died of noncardiac disorders....
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