El polimorfismo de inserción/deleción en el gen de la enzima convertidora de angiotensina afecta el peso del corazón

K Nakahara1, S Matsushita, H Matsuoka

  • 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. nakahara@tmig.or.jp

Circulation
|January 19, 2000
PubMed
Resumen

El genotipo de la enzima convertidora de angiotensina (ACE) influye en el peso cardíaco, y el genotipo DD muestra una masa cardíaca significativamente mayor. Sin embargo, factores como la hipertensión y la edad son predictores más fuertes del peso del corazón.

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