Assay characteristics influence the aldosterone to renin ratio as a screening tool for primary aldosteronism: results of the German Conn's registry

E Fischer, S Reuschl, M Quinkler… - Hormone and …, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most frequent cause of … Characteristics of the assays
used to determine ARR during … because the laboratory or the assays were unknown. In the …

Laboratory challenges in primary aldosteronism screening and diagnosis

M Rehan, JE Raizman, E Cavalier… - Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
… and diagnosis of primary aldosteronism. The development of … of commercial chemiluminescent
assays may improve the … their interpretative reports are appropriate to their assays. …

Primary aldosteronism: key characteristics at diagnosis: a trend toward milder forms

DA Heinrich, C Adolf, LC Rump, I Quack… - European Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common endocrine form of arterial hypertension.
The … in the context of assay-specific characteristics and their different reference ranges (4). …

Test characteristics of the aldosterone-to-renin ratio as a screening test for primary aldosteronism

PM Jansen, BJH van den Born, WJ Frenkel… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… This assay has a detection limit of 30.5 pmol/l (11 pg/ml) and a coefficient of variance of …
primary aldosteronism in our population. Thirteen of the 27 patients with primary aldosteronism

Primary aldosteronism

GP Rossi - Manual of Hypertension of the European Society of …, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
characteristics of primary aldosteronism: Its prevalence and comparative studies on various
causes of primary aldosteronismassay during adrenal vein sampling in patients with primary

Comparison of confirmatory tests for the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism

P Mulatero, A Milan, F Fallo, G Regolisti… - The Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
… Plasma potassium levels were monitored during SLT in a subgroup of 61 patients after which
we did not perform this assay anymore because of the small variation observed during this …

Diagnosis and treatment of primary aldosteronism

M Reincke, I Bancos, P Mulatero, UI Scholl… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2021 - thelancet.com
… This Review provides a timely overview on primary aldosteronism, describing its characteristics
and how it is screened, confirmed, and subtyped. We highlight the current standards of …

Screening for primary aldosteronism

C Schirpenbach, M Reincke - Best Practice & Research Clinical …, 2006 - Elsevier
… Furthermore, the limited precision of renin assays can be expected to be at the lower limit
of detection in patients with primary aldosteronism, which may lead to inaccurate results. …

Diagnosis and treatment of primary aldosteronism: practical clinical perspectives

WF Young Jr - Journal of internal medicine, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… PRC is measured by an automated immunometric assay that detects both prorenin and … ,
many clinical laboratories have switched from PRA to PRC assays. In general, there is a good …

Primary aldosteronism: present and future

JW Funder - Vitamins and hormones, 2019 - Elsevier
Primary aldosteronism (PA), currently recognized to be 5–10% of hypertension, has a
cardiovascular risk profile double that in age-, sex-, and blood pressure-matched essential …