Factors influencing outcome of surgery for primary aldosteronism

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 646-650

  Celen, Orhan ^a   O'Brien, Michael J ^a   Melby, James C ^a   Beazley, Robert M ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IODOCHOLESTEROL I 131; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029972092     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430180072015     Document Type: Article

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