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Left ventricular hypertrophy, blood pressure and ACE genotype in untreated hypertension.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Sept 1997
Mayet J, O'Kane K P, Elton R, Johnstone H A, Shahi M, Ozkor M A, Stanton A V, Poulter N R, Sever P S, Foale R A, Webb D J, Thom S A
Abstract excerpt
It has been suggested that the deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) genotype may be important in the development of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). In order to test this hypothesis we investigated the interaction between blood pressure (BP), LVH and ACE genotype in 86 previously untreated hypertensive patients. Each underwent two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography and ACE...
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