Objective To explore the relationship between angiotensin-converting enzyme ( ACE ) rs4646994 gene polymorphism and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy ( IDC) in patients of south China .Methods We collected 64 IDC pa-tients in south China as the IDC group and 120 healthy persons as the control group , then investigated the ACE rs4646994 genotype in the fasting peripheral venous blood collected from the two groups by RT -PCR and detected the ACE concentra-tion in the plasma by UV spectrophotometer .Results In the IDC group, the frequency of DD genotype was 28.13%, which was significantly higher ...