Captopril test can give misleading results in patients with suspect primary aldosteronism [15]

Hypertension

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Mulatero, Paolo ^a   Bertello, Chiara ^a   Garrone, Corrado ^a   Rossato, Denis ^a   Mengozzi, Giulio ^b   Verhovez, Andrea ^a   Fallo, Francesco ^c   Veglio, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CAPTOPRIL; DOXAZOSIN; FLUDROCORTISONE; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CAPTOPRIL TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

ALDOSTERONE; CAPTOPRIL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 34547633629     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.093468     Document Type: Letter

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