Article
Enhanced predictability of myocardial infarction in Japanese by combined genotype analysis.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 May 1995
Kamitani A, Rakugi H, Higaki J, Ohishi M, Shi S J, Takami S, Nakata Y, Higashino Y, Fujii K, Mikami H
Abstract excerpt
To explore the genes responsible for myocardial infarction and restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, we performed association studies of the polymorphisms of the angiotensinogen and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) genes. In the first study, normotensive myocardial i...
Topics
- Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
- Base Sequence
- Genotype
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Myocardial Infarction
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Risk Factors