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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism is associated with endothelium-dependent vasodilation in never treated hypertensive patients.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Apr 1998
Perticone F, Ceravolo R, Maio R, Ventura G, Zingone A, Perrotti N, Mattioli P L
Abstract excerpt
The response of the forearm vasculature to acetylcholine (7.5, 15, and 30 microg/min, each for 5 minutes) and sodium nitroprusside (0.8, 1.6, and 3.2 microg/min, each for 5 minutes) was evaluated in 32 never-treated hypertensive outpatients (17 men and 15 women, aged 43+/-7 years) and in 24 normotensive control subjects (14 men and 10 women, aged 42+/-6 years). Drugs were infused into the brachial artery, and...
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