Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ambulatory fludrocortisone suppression testing for primary aldosteronism has similar accuracy compared with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A seated saline suppression test had a high false-negative rate for predicting response to primary aldosteronism ...

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 ...

Overlap in post-SSST aldosterone concentrations measured between treatment responders and nonresponders. (HealthDay News) — The four-hour seated saline suppression test (SSST) is associated with a ...

Primary aldosteronism (PA), a primary adrenal disorder leading to excessive aldosterone production by one or both adrenal glands, is a common cause of hypertension. It is associated with an increased ...

Screening should include measuring aldosterone and renin and determining the aldosterone-to-renin ratio. (HealthDay News) — All individuals with hypertension should be screened for primary ...

E.D., a 40-year-old man, was first noted to have an elevated blood pressure (240/140) during an insurance examination in January, 1966. The blood pressure was known to have been normal in 1945. In the ...