Plasma aldosterone to renin ratio predicts treatment response in primary aldosteronism: Is volume loading needed?

Blood Pressure

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 245-250

  Juutilainen, Auni M ^a   Voutilainen, Erkki T ^a   Mykkänen, Leena ^a   Niskanen, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aldosterone to renin ratio; Diagnostics; Hypertension; Oral sodium loading; Primary aldosteronism

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG RESPONSE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SALT LOADING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALDOSTERONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; FEMALE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 25844469065     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050510034329     Document Type: Review

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