100 cases of primary aldosteronism: Careful choice of patients for surgery using adrenal venous sampling and CT imaging results in excellent blood pressure and potassium outcomes

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-32

  Graham, U M ^a   Ellis, P K ^b   Hunter, S J ^a   Leslie, H ^a   Mullan, K R ^a   Atkinson, A B ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CREATININE; HYDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM;

ACCURACY; ADENOMA; ADRENAL VENOUS SAMPLING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADRENALECTOMY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83455228488     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04177.x     Document Type: Review

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