Effects of the C-344T aldosterone synthase gene variant on preclinical vascular alterations in essential hypertension

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 30;168(2):1605-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.035. Epub 2013 Mar 11.

Authors

Emmanuel Androulakis¹, Dimitris Tousoulis, Nikolaos Papageorgiou, Antigoni Miliou, Evaggelos Chatzistamatiou, George Moustakas, Stavroula Papaoikonomou, Ioannis Kallikazaros, Christodoulos Stefanadis

Affiliation

¹ 1st Cardiology Department, Athens University Medical School, Greece.

PMID: 23490082
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.035

No abstract available

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Genes; Polymorphisms; Renal function; Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone; Vascular damage.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Blood Flow Velocity / genetics*
Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2 / genetics*
Essential Hypertension
Female
Genetic Variation / genetics*
Humans
Hypertension / diagnosis
Hypertension / enzymology*
Hypertension / genetics*
Male
Middle Aged

Substances

Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2