Adrenal venous sampling is crucial before an adrenalectomy whatever the adrenal-nodule size on computed tomography

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1196-1202

  Sarlon Bartoli, Gabrielle ^a   Michel, Nicolas ^a   Taieb, David ^b   Mancini, Julien ^c   Gonthier, Camille ^a   Silhol, François ^a   Muller, Cyril ^d   Bartoli, Jean Michel ^d   Sebag, Frédéric ^a   Henry, Jean François ^a   Deharo, Jean Claude ^a   Vaisse, Bernard ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Médecine Nucléaire   (France)

^c Service de Santé Publique SSPIM   (France)

^d Radiologie   (France)

Author keywords

adrenal hyperplasia; adrenal venous sampling; adrenal nodule size; adrenalectomy; aldosterone producing adenoma; computed tomography; primary aldosteronism; secondary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENAL VENOUS SAMPLING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRARENAL VEIN; TUMOR VOLUME; VEIN; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 79955636188     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834666af     Document Type: Article

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