Cardiovascular effects of I/D angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism in healthy subjects. Findings after follow-up of six years

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 427-435

  Di Pasquale, Pietro ^a,d   Cannizzaro, Sergio ^a   Scalzo, Sebastiano ^a   Maringhini, Giorgio ^a   Pipitone, Fernanda ^a   Fasullo, Sergio ^a   Giubilato, Alfonso ^a   Ganci, Filippo ^a   Vitale, Giuseppe ^a   Sarullo, Filippo M ^b   Paterna, Salvatore ^c  

^a Ospedale GF Ingrassia   (Italy)

^b Buccheri La Ferla Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d Division of Cardiology Paolo Borsellino   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACE I D gene polymorphism; Diastolic function; Echocardiography; Healthy subjects; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23644446306     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.60.4.2004993     Document Type: Article

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