Does primary aldosteronism exist in normotensive and mildly hypertensive patients, and should we look for it

Hypertension Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-46

  Rossi, Gian Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; HEART PRELOAD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; NOTE; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; SALT INTAKE; SCREENING; SODIUM RETENTION; STROKE; WATER RETENTION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PREHYPERTENSION;

EID: 78650885884     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.206     Document Type: Note

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