The pharmacological treatment of primary aldosteronism

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 563-573

  Janmohamed, Salim ^a   Bouloux, Pierre Marc G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Aldosterone; Aldosterone blockade; Amiloride; Eplerenone; Hypertension; Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist; Potassium canrenoate; Primary aldosteronism; Primary hyperaldosteronism; Spironolacrone

Indexed keywords

18 HYDROXYHYDROCORTISONE; 18 OXOHYDROCORTISONE; ALDOSTERONE; AMILORIDE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANRENOATE POTASSIUM; CANRENONE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DROSPIRENONE; EPLERENONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NITRENDIPINE; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; PREDNISOLONE; RENIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRIAMTERENE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENALECTOMY; APPARENT MINERALOCORTICOID EXCESS SYNDROME; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIURESIS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROWTH RETARDATION; GYNECOMASTIA; HEART FAILURE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOALDOSTERONISM; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIBIDO DISORDER; LIDDLE SYNDROME; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; AMILORIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RECEPTORS, ALDOSTERONE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SPIRONOLACTONE;

EID: 33645806498     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.7.5.563     Document Type: Review

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