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Unilateral nodular adrenal hyperplasia: Case series

African Journal of Urology, 2016
Introduction: Nodular adrenal hyperplasia is one of rare causes of adrenocortical hyperplasia. The disease usually presents bilaterally. Few publications discussed the possibility of unilateral disease, in association with hyperaldosteronism or Cushing ...
A.F. Kotb, M.A. Atta
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Primary aldosteronism and coronary-pulmonary artery fistula: coincidence or causal link? A case report and literature review

Arterial Hypertension, 2021
BACKGROUND: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most frequent form of potentially reversible hypertension and coronary-pulmonary fistulas are increasingly recognized during routine coronary angiography or multidetector computed tomography for analysis of ...
Luigi Marzano
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Aldosterone-producing adenoma and other surgically correctable forms of primary aldosteronism [PDF]

, 2010
Surgically correctable forms of primary aldosteronism are characterized by unilateral aldosterone hypersecretion and renin suppression, associated with varying degrees of hypertension and hypokalemia. Unilateral aldosterone hypersecretion is caused by an
Laurence Amar, Pierre-François Plouin, Olivier Steichen   +2 more
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Alterations in vascular function in primary aldosteronism - a cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging study [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction: Excess aldosterone is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Aldosterone has a permissive effect on vascular fibrosis. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) allows study of vascular function by measuring aortic ...
A McCurley, A Rudolph, A Tomaschitz, B Fink, B Strauch, B Strauch, C Catena, C Delles, C Delles, CB Stehr, D Rizzoni, DA Calhoun, E M Freel, E P McQuarrie, EM Freel, G Bernini, GE Callera, GF Mitchell, GP Rossi, JM Connell, JW Funder, K Gaddam, L U Zimmerli, LU Zimmerli, MJ van Trijp, MR Robinson, NC Edwards, OJ Rider, OJ Rider, P B Mark, P Milliez, P Rerkpattanapipat, PB Mark, R Holaj, R Rocha, RB Stacey, S Boyle, S Laurent, T Indra, WJ Rogers, YH Lin   +40 more
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Adrenal Vein Sampling in Primary Aldosteronism: A Pictorial Essay for Optimal Left-Side Sampling

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology, 2023
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a curable cause of hypertension. Recent studies have revealed that the actual prevalence of PA is higher than previously recognized.
Gi Joo Kim, Myung Sub Kim, Hyun Pyo Hong, Young Rae Lee, Yeon Gyu Choi   +4 more
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Surgery based on computed tomography images might be feasible for primary aldosteronism patients with visible unilateral adenoma

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2023
Primary aldosteronism (PA) with unilateral adrenal disease can be cured or improved by adrenalectomy. Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is recommended to identify patients for surgical management.
Chen Fang, Jun Dai, Juping Zhao, Xin Huang, Wei He, Jianzhong Xu, Fukang Sun   +6 more
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Negative findings in electronic health records and biomedical ontologies: a realist approach [PDF]

, 2007
PURPOSE—A substantial fraction of the observations made by clinicians and entered into patient records are expressed by means of negation or by using terms which contain negative qualifiers (as in “absence of pulse” or “surgical procedure not performed”).
Ceusters, Werner, Elkin, Peter, Smith, Barry   +2 more
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Hyperaldosteronism☆

, 2007
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Gail, Galasko, Galasko, Gail
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Junctional Bradycardia as Early Sign of Digoxin Toxicity in a Premature Infant with Congestive Heart Failure due to a Left to Right Shunt

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2016
Introduction Congestive heart failure due to left to right cardiac shunt is usually managed medically with diuretics, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, and, in some cases, with the addition of digoxin.
Soham Dasgupta, Ashraf M. Aly, Sunil K. Jain   +2 more
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The prevalence of resistant arterial hypertension and secondary causes in a cohort of hypertensive patients: a single center experience [PDF]

, 2017
The prevalence of resistant hypertension (RHT) still remains unknown. Aim of the study was to investigate in a large cohort of hypertensive patients the prevalence of RHT, and to identify in these patients the secondary forms of arterial hypertension (SH)
Concistre, Antonio, Costi, Umberto, D'Ermo, Giuseppe, DE TOMA, Giorgio, DE VINCENTIS, Giuseppe, Iannucci, Gino, Letizia, Claudio, Lucia, Piernatale, Marinelli, Cristiano, Matteo, Galassi, Olmati, Federica, Pergolini, Mario Sergio, Petramala, Luigi, Tonnarini, Gian Franco   +13 more
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