Searching for a better assessment of the individual coronary risk profile. The role of angiotensin-converting enzyme, angiotensin II type 1 receptor and angiotensinogen gene polymorphisms

European Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 633-638

  Fatini, C ^a   Abbate, R ^b   Pepe, G ^c   Battaglini, B ^a   Gensini, F ^a   Ruggiano, G ^b   Gensini, G F ^b   Guazzelli, R ^a  

^a Dipto di Fisiopatologia Clinica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACE AGT AT1R polymorphisms; Coronary artery disease; Coronary risk profile

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR;

ALLELES; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034075946     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1738     Document Type: Article

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