Plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme activity and carotid wall thickening. | Zendy

Claire BonithonKopp | Zendy; Pierre Ducimetière | Zendy; PierreJean Touboul | Zendy; J. M. Feve | Zendy; E Billaud | Zendy; D. Courbon | Zendy; V. Heraud | Zendy

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Plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme activity and carotid wall thickening.

Author(s) -

Claire BonithonKopp,

Pierre Ducimetière,

PierreJean Touboul,

J. M. Feve,

E Billaud,

D. Courbon,

V. Heraud

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.89.3.952

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , angiotensin converting enzyme , diabetes mellitus , blood pressure , body mass index , odds ratio , common carotid artery , population , myocardial infarction , case control study , endocrinology , carotid arteries , environmental health

Mechanisms underlying the previously reported association between a deletion polymorphism in the gene encoding for angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and the risk of myocardial infarction in low-risk subjects are unclear. The purpose of this case-control study was to examine the relation of plasma ACE activity to intimal-medial thickness of the carotid wall measured ultrasonographically in an apparently healthy population.

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