Primary aldosteronism: renaissance of a syndrome

[Primary aldosteronism].

Franco Mantero, Gian Paolo Rossi, Enrico Agabiti Rosei Endocrine Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Italy Internal Medicine 4, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua, Italy Clinica Medica, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy European Society of Hypertension Scientific Newsletter: Update on ...

Patients With Primary Aldosteronism

To evaluate the difference in myocardial damage between primary aldosteronism and untreated essential hypertension, we performed thallium-201 myocardial single-photon emission computed tomography in 10 patients with primary aldosteronism and 10 patients with essential hypertension who were matched for age, sex, blood pressure, and the severity of left ventricular hypertrophy for primary aldoste...

Primary aldosteronism in pregnancy.

Aldosteronism is a rare complication of pregnancy. We report a case of a 26-year-old woman who became pregnant soon after a diagnosis of primary aldosteronism due to left adrenal adenoma was made. Only oral potassium supplementation was required in addition to routine prenatal care until 36 weeks' gestation. Subsequently, antihypertensive medication was needed to control elevated blood pressure...

Identifying primary aldosteronism

Update in primary aldosteronism.

Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a condition well worth detecting because it is a common cause of hypertension and is associated with excessive morbidity for the degree of hypertension and reduced quality of life, all of which can be abrogated with specific surgical or medical treatment. Recent years have seen an explosion in knowledge concerning the genetic bases of this disorder, and particularl...