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Normotensive Primary Aldosteronism: Case Report

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Nephrology, 2019
Primary aldosteronism is a syndrome characterized with hypertension, hypokalemia, and high plasma aldosterone and low plasma renin activity. Hypertension is the classical finding of this disease, and a few cases have normal blood pressure.
Murat MERAL   +8 more
doaj  

Leptin levels are suppressed in primary aldosteronism

open access: yes, 1999
Primary aldosteronism is associated with hypertension secondary to salt and water retention, hypokalemia and impaired insulin secretion with glucose intolerance in some patients.
Bornstein, S. R.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Primary aldosteronism: cardiovascular, renal and metabolic implications

open access: yes, 2008
For many years primary aldosteronism was considered a relatively benign form of hypertension. This assumption reflects the primacy accorded to elevated levels of angiotensin in terms of deleterious cardiovascular effects, and the fact that in primary
Ronconi, Vanessa   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Contrast-enhanced MRI index of diffuse myocardial fibrosis is increased in primary aldosteronism

open access: yes, 2014
Purpose: To assess the degree of myocardial fibrosis in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA). Materials and Methods: Twenty-five patients with PA and 12 age-matched healthy volunteers underwent cine and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) magnetic ...
曾文毅 ;林亮宇 ;虞希禹 ;蘇茂源 ;吳允升 ;吳寬墩 ;闕士傑 ;劉高郎 ;王碩盟 ;林彥宏   +1 more
core   +1 more source

The metabolic syndrome in primary aldosteronism. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Patients with hypertension have a high prevalence of concurrent metabolic abnormalities (eg, obesity, dyslipidemia, and hyperglycemia). Clustering of these risk factors, defined as the metabolic syndrome, is associated with a high cardiovascular risk ...
FALLO, FRANCESCO   +3 more
core  

Intrarenal Hemodynamics in Primary Aldosteronism before and after Treatment

open access: yes, 2009
Context: Elevated urinary albumin excretion has been reported in primary aldosteronism and might partially reflect reversible abnormalities initiated by glomerular hyperfiltration.
UZZAU, Alessandro   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Administrative data on diagnosis and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist prescription identified patients with primary aldosteronism in Taiwan

open access: yes, 2017
Objectives: To develop algorithms of locating patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) using insurance reimbursement data and to validate the algorithms using medical charts.
楊為舜;林彥宏;楊偉勛;吳允升;吳寬墩   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Discordance and shortcomings of aldosterone suppression tests in primary aldosteronism

open access: yes
Aldosterone suppression tests in primary aldosteronism may show several variations and ...
Marzano, Luigi, Friso, Simonetta
core   +1 more source

Active renin versus plasma renin activity to define aldosterone-to-renin ratio for primary aldosteronism

open access: yes, 2004
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   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Primary aldosteronism

open access: yesJournal of British Surgery, 1966
L, Jordaan   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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