Cardiovascular risk factors, angiotensin-converting enzyme gene I/D polymorphism, and left ventricular mass in systemic hypertension

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1196-1200

  Celentano, Aldo ^a   Mancini, Francesco Paolo ^a   Crivaro, Marina ^a   Palmieri, Vittorio ^a   Ferrara, Liberato Aldo ^a   De Stefano, Valentino ^a   Di Minno, Giovanni ^b   De Simone, Giovanni ^a  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ALLELES; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DNA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033560882     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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