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Progress in Primary Aldosteronism 2019: New Players on the Block? [PDF]
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is characterized by hypertension caused by inappropriately high adrenal aldosterone secretion, consecutively low plasma renin, and an elevated aldosterone to renin ratio.
Williams, T. A. +6 more
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Background Primary aldosteronism screening indications include hypertension (resistant, severe, early onset, with stroke/other comorbidities/sleep apnea), hypokalemia, adrenal incidentaloma, and primary aldosteronism first-degree relatives.
Yug Garg +9 more
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Clinical significance of CYP11B2 immunostaining in unilateral primary aldosteronism
Objective: The associations between adrenal histopathology, lateralization studies, and surgical outcomes in primary aldosteronism remain poorly characterized.
Marianna Viukari +11 more
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ABSTRACT Aims Hypertension remains one of the most prevalent and consequential modifiable cardiovascular risk factors worldwide, affecting approximately 1.28 billion adults globally and nearly half of the United States population. Despite the availability of effective therapies, optimal blood pressure control is achieved in fewer than one in four ...
Matthew A. Cavender
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M D, MILNE, R C, MUEHRCKE
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Objectives: Two major causes of primary aldosteronism are aldosterone-producing adenomas (APA) and idiopathic hyperaldosteronism (IHA). In this study, we attempted to determine the role of NP-59 in identifying APA prior to adrenalectomy, especially when ...
Ting-Po Lin +6 more
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Primary aldosteronism and pregnancy
Primary aldosteronism is the most common cause of secondary hypertension. Less than 50 cases of pregnancy in women with primary aldosteronism have been reported, suggesting the disorder is significantly underdiagnosed in confinement.
Morton, Adam
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Primary Aldosteronism in Pregnancy.
Aldosteronism is a rare complication of pregnancy. We report a case of a 26-year-old woman who became pregnant soon after a diagnosis of primary aldosteronism due to left adrenal adenoma was made. Only oral potassium supplementation was required in addition to routine prenatal care until 36 weeks' gestation.
Matsumoto, Joji +4 more
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BACKGROUND: In recent years, the assessment of the plasma aldosterone-to-renin ratio (ARR) has become an established screening method for the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism.
Shaw, SG +9 more
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