Selection of patients for surgery for primary aldosteronism

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 522-525

  Plouin, Pierre François ^a   Rossignol, Patrick ^a   Amar, Laurence ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Aldosterone; Hyperaldosteronism; Renin; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; EPLERENONE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENALECTOMY; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADENOMA; ALDOSTERONE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PATIENT SELECTION; RENIN;

EID: 40149098213     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.04909.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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