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 …

Objective and Design to assess if deletion of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)
gene is a risk factor for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in normotensive patients …

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 …

Objective: to establish whether deletion of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene is
a risk factor predisposing to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) or not. Methods: the study …

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 …

A role of ACE I/D polymorphism in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
has been demonstrated, possibly due to the effect of angiotensin II on vascular tissue …

Objectives—Although polymorphic variations in genes of the RAS system have previously
been associated with susceptibility to AAA, such studies have been significantly limited by …

OBJECTIVE: The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is highly expressed in the
aneurysmal vascular wall, in both animal models and human disease. Genetic variations in …

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are thought to be multifactorial in etiology. A variety of
susceptibility genes have been associated, but definitive conclusions have been difficult to …

Background The natural history of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) suggests that some
remain slow in growth rate whereas many develop a more accelerated growth rate and …