Diagnostic value of the post-captopril test in primary aldosteronism
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Diagnostic value of the post-captopril test in primary aldosteronism.
Primary aldosteronism is a disorder with hypertension, hypokalemia, increased plasma aldosterone, and suppressed renin activity. A random plasma aldosterone/renin activity (PA/PRA) >65 (conventional units ratio [CUR] >30) has been proposed as a screening test. We have retrospectively determined the value of the post-captopril plasma aldosterone/renin activity (CAPT PA/PRA) test for the diagnosi...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0895-7061
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(00)01151-1