Current treatment options for primary aldosteronism are limited to surgery or mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists when surgery isn't an option. In a phase IIa trial, baxdrostat resolved or reduced ...

Douma et al explain that over the past 15 years, the notion has developed that primary aldosteronism is common among those with hypertension and even more common in those with resistant hypertension ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Adults with indeterminate saline infusion test results should undergo the captopril challenge test to increase ...

The seated saline suppression test couldn't discriminate between patients with suspected primary aldosteronism who would and would not respond to treatment. Most patients responded to treatment, and ...

In a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers are advising healthcare professionals to screen for primary aldosteronism more often and consider it as a possible primary ...

THE hypertension seen in all reported cases of primary aldosteronism caused by an adrenal adenoma has been of a benign and not rapidly progressive nature. 1 On the other hand, an increased secretion ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “In our particular population, we did not find the prevalence of disease that has been demonstrated in other ...

Adrenal gland cancer, computer illustration. The authors explore the etiology and clinical presentation of primary and secondary aldosteronism as well as medical and surgical treatment options.

Background. A 57-year-old woman was referred to a nephrology clinic because of chronic hypokalemia. She had a history of polycystic kidney disease, resistant hypertension, atrial fibrillation, type 2 ...

May 6 (UPI) --A test commonly used to confirm a condition linked to high blood pressure is often inaccurate, causing doctors to skip treatment that might improve patients' heart health, a new study ...

For patients who already have a positive result on a screening test for primary aldosteronism (PA), confirmatory testing with the seated saline suppression test (SSST) adds little to the diagnostic ...