Primary aldosteronism: A Japanese perspective

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-14

  Satoh, Fumitoshi ^a   Morimoto, Ryo ^a   Iwakura, Yoshitsugu ^a   Ono, Yoshikiyo ^a   Kudo, Masataka ^a   Takase, Kei ^a   Ito, Sadayoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal venous sampling; Aldosterone producing adenoma; Laparoscopic adrenalectomy; Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists; Primary aldosreronism

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CLONIDINE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EPLERENONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; FUROSEMIDE; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENAL VENOUS SAMPLING; ADRENALECTOMY; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPTOPRIL CHALLENGE TEST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLUDROCORTISONE SUPPRESSION TEST; FUROSEMIDE UPRIGHT TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; JAPANESE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; ORAL SALT LOADING TEST; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELIABILITY; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SALINE INFUSION TESTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM RETENTION; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID;

EID: 79956062163     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: 15732606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-011-9161-9     Document Type: Review

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