Left ventricular hypertrophy, blood pressure and ACE genotype in untreated hypertension.

doi:10.1038/sj.jhh.1000491

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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

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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...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Blood Pressure
Female
Genotype
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
Male
Middle Aged
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A

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