Insertion/deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene is associated with coronary artery plaque calcification as assessed by intravascular ultrasound

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 987-991

  Pfohl, Martin ^a   Athanasiadis, Anastasios ^b   Koch, Matthias ^b   Clemens, Pia ^b   Benda, Norbert ^b   Häring, Hans U ^b   Karsch, Karl R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0032054721     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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