New diagnostic procedure for primary aldosteronism: Adrenal venous sampling under adrenocorticotropic hormone and angiotensin II receptor blocker - Application to a case of bilateral multiple adrenal microadenomas

Hypertension Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-152

  Yamahara, Kenichi ^a   Itoh, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Akira ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^a   Masatsugu, Ken ^a   Sawada, Naoki ^a   Fukunaga, Yasutomo ^a   Sakaguchi, Satsuki ^a   Sone, Masakatsu ^a   Yurugi, Takami ^a   Nakao, Kazuwa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal microadenoma; Adrenal venous sampling; Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH); Angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB); Primary aldosteronism

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CANDESARTAN; CHLORIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOTROPIN; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; IODINE 131; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RENIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; UREA; URIC ACID;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKALEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROADENOMA; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VEINS;

EID: 0036240185     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.25.145     Document Type: Article

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