Article
Variants of renin-angiotensin system genes and echocardiographic left ventricular mass.
European heart journal - 1 Jul 1998
Kauma H, Ikäheimo M, Savolainen M J, Kiema T R, Rantala A O, Lilja M, Reunanen A, Kesäniemi Y A
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Variants of renin-angiotensin system genes are shown to be associated with cardiovascular pathology. The association between renin-angiotensin system genes and left ventricular mass was investigated in a population-based case-control study. METHODS AND RESULTS: The association between echoc...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Angiotensinogen
- Cardiac Volume
- Case-Control Studies
- Chromosome Deletion
- Cohort Studies
- Echocardiography
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Polymorphism, Genetic