title: Lack of association between insertion/deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene and end-stage heart failure due to ischemic or idiopathic dilate cardiomyopathy in the Chinese.
abstract: Homozygosity for the deletion allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene (DD) has been associated with a variety of cardiovascular diseases, including ischemic and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, in Caucasians. In this study of 104 Chinese patients with end-stage heart failure due to idiopathic dilated or ischemic cardiomyopathy, the DD genotype frequency was low (12% and 11%, respectively) and was not seen more often than in a control group of 183 subjects without cardiac disease (13%). Therefore, in the Chinese, the DD genotype is less common than in Caucasians and does not appear to be associated with the development of either ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sanderson
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Critchley
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A