The role of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) genes on predisposition to develop stroke, a multifactorial and polygenic cardiovascular trait, is still under investigation. In the present study we characterized the contributory role of RAAS genes in the susceptibility to develop ischemic stroke in humans.
IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli (Is), Department of Cardiology, IInd School of Medicine, University La Sapienza, Ospedale Sant'Andrea, Rome, Italy. rubattu.speranza@neuromed.it