More fuel to the debate on the "epidemics of primary aldosteronism" [1]

Hypertension

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rossi, Gian Paolo ^a   Pessina, Achille C ^a   Mantero, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; EPLERENONE; MINERALOCORTICOID; RENIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM INTAKE;

ALDOSTERONE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPTOPRIL; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RENIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37349071749     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.101857     Document Type: Letter

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