June 19, 2012 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Editor's note: A new screening test for primary aldosteronism that uses a ratio of potassium excretion capacity/body mass index is as good as the aldosterone/renin ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In rare cases of a concurrence of primary aldosteronism and subclinical Cushing’s syndrome, the two conditions ...

Even subclinical levels of primary aldosteronism can have an important impact on cardiovascular (CV) disease and could offer a potential target for risk reduction, according to a new study. The link ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a frequently encountered clinical problem that commonly coexists with hypertension. 1, 2 Although the presence of obesity (a risk factor for both conditions) in many ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Primary aldosteronism, an adrenal disorder and a secondary cause of hypertension, has historically been ...

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is the current gold standard treatment for unilateral primary aldosteronism, provided that the disease presentation is suitable for surgical treatment. 3,9 However, given ...