Impact of different diagnostic criteria during adrenal vein sampling on reproducibility of subtype diagnosis in patients with primary aldosteronism

Hypertension

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 667-673

  Mulatero, Paolo ^a   Bertello, Chiara ^a   Sukor, Norlela ^c   Gordon, Richard ^c   Rossato, Denis ^b   Daunt, Nicholas ^c   Leggett, David ^c   Mengozzi, Giulio ^d   Veglio, Franco ^a   Stowasser, Michael ^c  

^a Hypertension Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Toxicology and Pharmacology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Aldosterone producing adenoma; Bilateral adrenal hyperplasia; Endocrine hypertension; Primary aldosteronism

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL VEIN SAMPLING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ALDOSTERONE; CATHETERIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VEINS;

EID: 77149169416     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.146613     Document Type: Article

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