Renin and angiotensin-converting enzyme genotypes in patients with essential hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy.

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1681.1994.tb02497.x

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Renin and angiotensin-converting enzyme genotypes in patients with essential hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy.

Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology - 1 Mar 1994

West M J, Summers K M, Burstow D J, Wong K K, Huggard P R

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1. The associations between left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and specific alleles of the renin and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) genes were studied in patients with essential hypertension and normal blood pressure. 2. LVH was present in 42% of those with essential hypertension (n = 72) an...

Topics

Alleles
Blood Pressure
Genotype
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
Renin

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