[HTML][HTML] ACE DD genotype: a predisposing factor for abdominal aortic aneurysm

C Fatini, G Pratesi, F Sofi, F Gensini, E Sticchi… - European journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To examine the role of polymorphisms in angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE,
I/D) and angiotensin II receptor (AT1R, A1166C) in the development of abdominal aortic …

Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism influences degree of left ventricular hypertrophy and its regression in patients undergoing operation for aortic …

G Dellgren, MJ Eriksson, I Blange, LÅ Brodin… - The American journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene
has been associated with increased left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in patients with …

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE, I/D) gene polymorphism and susceptibility to abdominal aortic aneurysm or aortoiliac occlusive disease

A Korcz, J Mikołajczyk-Stecyna, M Gabriel… - Journal of Surgical …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the role of polymorphism in
angiotensin converting enzyme gene (ACE, I/D) in the development of abdominal aortic …

Lack of association between angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and type I aortic dissection

B Tangurek, B Ketenci, B Ozay, N Ozer… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
The relationship between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism and
type I aortic dissection was examined in 205 unrelated hypertensives. A total of 94 patients …

[HTML][HTML] Impaired abdominal aortic wall integrity in elderly men carrying the angiotensin-converting enzyme D allele

LU Ljungberg, R De Basso, U Alehagen… - European Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: A polymorphism in the angiotensin-converting-enzyme gene (ACE I/D) has
been associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm and a link between aortic aneurysm and …

Focus on the unique mechanisms involved in thoracic aortic aneurysm formation in bicuspid aortic valve versus tricuspid aortic valve patients: clinical implications of a …

CR Balistreri, C Pisano, G Candore… - European journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES The involvement of different factors in the onset of thoracic aortic aneurysm
(TAA) in patients with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) vs those with a tricuspid aortic valve …

[PDF][PDF] Influence of ACE I/D genotypes on left ventricular hypertrophy in aortic stenosis: gender-related differences

E Orlowska-Baranowska, G Placha… - Journal of Heart …, 2004 - researchgate.net
Methods: A total of 392 white patients (159 women, 233 men; age range: 32-82 years) with
AS was analyzed, with clinical data, echocardiographic parameters and ACE I/D …

[HTML][HTML] Does the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism affect rate of abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion?

JMC Yeung, M Heeley, S Gray, MK Lingam… - European journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Objectives: the tissue renin-angiotensin system (RAS), which plays an important role in
vascular structure and function, is regulated in part by an insertion-deletion polymorphism of …

Influence of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism on rheumatic valve involvement, valve severity and subsequent valve calcification.

V Davutoglu, M Nacak - The Journal of Heart Valve Disease, 2005 - europepmc.org
Methods This case-control study included 82 patients (24 males, 58 females; mean age
40.3+/-14.7 years) with chronic rheumatic mitral valve, and 154 control subjects (53 males …

Histological and genetic studies in patients with bicuspid aortic valve and ascending aorta complications

C Pisano, E Maresi, CR Balistreri… - … and thoracic surgery, 2012 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Aneurysm diameter and growing rate does not represent a definite parameter
for operation in bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), ascending aortic aneurysm and normal root …