Diagnostic Criteria for Primary Aldosteronism
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Evolution of diagnostic criteria for primary aldosteronism: why is it more common in "drug-resistant" hypertension today?
The recent "epidemic" of primary aldosteronism reported in the literature is most likely related to the widespread acceptance that with easy access to accurate measurements of renin and aldosterone, it is no longer necessary to wait until hypokalemia has become profound before embarking on diagnostic testing to attempt to ferret out this most common cause of "essential" hypertension. This is es...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0021-5384,1883-2083
DOI: 10.2169/naika.96.2539