Systolic heart failure in a patient with primary aldosteronism
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Primary aldosteronism with right-dominant heart failure.
A 48 year-old obese male with hypertension was admitted to our department because of severe right-dominant heart failure. His heart rhythm was 2:1 atrial flutter and the left ventricle was diffusely hypertrophic and hypokinetic. Primary aldosteronism was diagnosed based on severe hypokalemia (2.6 mEq/L) and a low renin-high aldosterone state with hypertension despite the use of an angiotensin-I...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-225145