Background: Heart failure (HF) is a complex disease that under the control of different physiological systems. Left ventricular mass (LVM) strong predictor HF. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may contribute to pathogenesis HF and LVM. Aims: aim this study examine association between RAS genetic variants LVM in cohort Polish patients with Methods: included 401 Two-dimensional M-mode echocardi...

Earlier published studies investigating the association between polymorphisms in the angiotensinogen gene and lung cancer risk showed no consistent results. In this study, we have summarized all currently available data to examine the correlation by meta-analysis. Case-control studies addressing the association being examined were identified through Embase, the Cochrane Library, ISI Web of Scie...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are highly heritable and associated with small artery ischemic stroke, so they may be a useful trait for studying the genetics of small vessel disease. Many studies have attempted to find associations between polymorphisms in various candidate genes and WMH. We aimed to evaluate the evidence for these associations by performing a system...

Background and Purpose—White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are highly heritable and associated with small artery ischemic stroke, so they may be a useful trait for studying the genetics of small vessel disease. Many studies have attempted to find associations between polymorphisms in various candidate genes and WMH. We aimed to evaluate the evidence for these associations by performing a system...

converting enzyme I/D polymorphism and hypertension: the Ohasama Humphries SE, Montgomery HE. Severity of meningococcal disease study. J Hypertens 2002;20:1121–1126. in children and the angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion 5. Feng Y, Niu T, Xu X, Chen C, Li Q, Qian R, Wang G, Xu X. Insertion/ polymorphism. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002;165:1103–1106. deletion polymorphism of the AC...