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Accurate Location of Catheter Tip With the Free-to-Total Metanephrine Ratio During Adrenal Vein Sampling

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
BackgroundThe selectivity index (SI) of cortisol is used to document correct catheter placement during adrenal vein sampling (AVS) in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA).
Foteini Christou, Edward Pivin, Alban Denys, Karim A. Abid, Tobias Zingg, Maurice Matter, Antoinette Pechère-Bertschi, Marc Maillard, Eric Grouzmann, Gregoire Wuerzner   +9 more
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Silent Adrenal Pheochromocytoma Coexistent with Corticomedullary Hyperplasia: A Case Incidentally Discovered

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2017
Introduction: Pheochromocytoma (PHEO) is a rare catecholamine-producing tumour arising from chromaffin cells in the sympatho-adrenal system, and can present as asymptomatic adrenal incidentaloma (AI). Patient: We describe the case of a 61-year-old woman
Luigi Petramala, Federica Olmati, Antonio Concistrè, Vincenza Saraceno, Gino Iannucci, Antonio Ciardi, Giorgio De Toma, Claudio Letizia   +7 more
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The prevalence of resistant arterial hypertension and secondary causes in a cohort of hypertensive patients: a single center experience

Italian Journal of Medicine, 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)
Luigi Petramala, Federica Olmati, Matteo Galassi, Cristiano Marinelli, Antonio Concistrè, Mario Pergolini, Pier Natale Lucia, Giuseppe D'Ermo, Umberto Costi, Giuseppe De Vincentis, Gianfranco Tonnarini, Gino Iannucci, Giorgio De Toma, Claudio Letizia   +13 more
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Autoimmune Diseases in Patients with Cushing’s Syndrome after Resolution of Hypercortisolism: Case Reports and Literature Review

International Journal of Endocrinology, 2018
Introduction. Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is a clinical condition characterized by excessive cortisol production, associated with metabolic complications, such as diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases.
Luigi Petramala, Federica Olmati, Maria Gabriella Conforti, Antonio Concistré, Valeria Bisogni, Nikita Alfieri, Gino Iannucci, Giorgio de Toma, Claudio Letizia   +8 more
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The problem of timely diagnosis of primary hyperaldosteronism. Clinical case

Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2023
A clinical case is presented of delayed diagnosis of primary hyperaldosteronism (PHA) due to aldosterone-producing adenoma. Suspicion of PHA arises in case of persistent combination of hypertension with hypokalemia of various severity, a specific ...
V.M. Zhdan, H.V. Volchenko, M.Yu. Babanina, M.V. Tkachenko, O.A. Kiryan, Ye.M. Kitura, I.V. Ivanitsky   +6 more
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Eurasian clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of secondary (symptomatic) forms of arterial hypertension (2022)

Евразийский Кардиологический Журнал, 2023
Disclaimer. The EAC Guidelines represent the views of the EAC, and were produced after careful consideration of the scientific and medical knowledge, and the evidence available at the time of their publication.
I. E. Chazova, N. M. Chikhladze, N. V. Blinova, Zh. E. Belaya, N. M. Danilov, E. M. Elfimova, A. Yu. Litvin, L. Ya. Rozhinskaya, N. Yu. Sviridenko, M. Yu. Shvetsov, V. A. Azizov, E. A. Grigorenko, N. P. Mit’kovskaja, I. I. Mustafaev, A. G. Polupanov, A. Sh. Sarybaev, G. A. Hamidullaeva   +16 more
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Arterial Hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome and Subclinical Cardiovascular Organ Damage in Patients with Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism before and after Parathyroidectomy: Preliminary Results

International Journal of Endocrinology, 2012
Background. Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is associated with high cardiovascular morbidity, and the role of calcium and parathyroid hormone is still controversial. Objective.
Petramala Luigi, Formicuccia Maria Chiara, Zinnamosca Laura, Marinelli Cristiano, Cilenti Giuseppina, Colangelo Luciano, Panzironi Giuseppe, Cerci Sabrina, Sciomer Susanna, Ciardi Antonio, Cavallaro Giuseppe, De Toma Giorgio, Letizia Claudio   +12 more
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Pheochromocytoma-induced hypertensive retinopathy

TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research, 2022
Pheochromocytoma is an important cause of secondary hypertension that can lead to hypertensive retinopathy. In such cases, changes are often reversible and the condition remains stable once the required treatment is done at an early stage.
Suklengmung Buragohain, Dipankar Das, Harsha Bhattacharjee, Ganesh Chandra Kuri, Rituparna Ghosh   +4 more
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Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Patients with Primary Aldosteronism

International Journal of Endocrinology, 2014
Primary aldosteronism represents major cause of secondary hypertension, strongly associated with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Aldosterone excess may influence mineral homeostasis, through higher urinary calcium excretion inducing ...
Luigi Petramala, Laura Zinnamosca, Amina Settevendemmie, Cristiano Marinelli, Matteo Nardi, Antonio Concistrè, Francesco Corpaci, Gianfranco Tonnarini, Giorgio De Toma, Claudio Letizia   +9 more
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Apparent mineralocorticoid excess - A rare cause of endocrine hypertension

Indian Pediatrics Case Reports, 2022
Background: Endocrine causes of hypertension constitute a very small percentage of patients with secondary hypertension. Apparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME) is a rare genetic form of young-onset secondary hypertension.
Sonali Verma, Preeti Dabadghao, Amita Moirangthem   +2 more
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