Diagnosis and treatment of primary aldosteronism: practical clinical perspectives

WF Young Jr - Journal of internal medicine, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Primary aldosteronism (PA), the most common form of secondary hypertension, can be
either surgically cured or treated with targeted pharmacotherapy. PA is frequently …

The expanding spectrum of primary aldosteronism: implications for diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment

A Vaidya, P Mulatero, R Baudrand… - Endocrine …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Primary aldosteronism is characterized by aldosterone secretion that is independent of renin
and angiotensin II and sodium status. The deleterious effects of primary aldosteronism are …

Primary aldosteronism: state-of-the-art review

A Vaidya, GL Hundemer, K Nanba… - American Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We are witnessing a revolution in our understanding of primary aldosteronism (PA). In the
past 2 decades, we have learned that PA is a highly prevalent syndrome that is largely …

Primary aldosteronism: practical approach to diagnosis and management

JB Byrd, AF Turcu, RJ Auchus - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common form of secondary hypertension. In many
cases, somatic mutations in ion channels and pumps within adrenal cells initiate the …

Primary aldosteronism: molecular medicine meets public health

EAB Azizan, WM Drake, MJ Brown - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2023 - nature.com
Primary aldosteronism is the most common single cause of hypertension and is potentially
curable when only one adrenal gland is the culprit. The importance of primary aldosteronism …

The low-renin hypertension phenotype: genetics and the role of the mineralocorticoid receptor

R Baudrand, A Vaidya - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
A substantial proportion of patients with hypertension have a low or suppressed renin. This
phenotype of low-renin hypertension (LRH) may be the manifestation of inherited genetic …

Aging and adrenal aldosterone production

K Nanba, A Vaidya, WE Rainey - Hypertension, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
The primary physiological regulators of aldosterone production are Ang II, K+, and
adrenocorticotropic hormone. Other factors that have been proposed to modulate …

Frequently asked questions and answers (if any) in patients with adrenal incidentaloma

F Ceccato, M Barbot, C Scaroni, M Boscaro - Journal of Endocrinological …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) are incidentally discovered adrenal masses,
during an imaging study undertaken for other reasons than the suspicion of adrenal disease …

Aldosterone and 18-oxocortisol coaccumulation in aldosterone-producing lesions

Y Sugiura, E Takeo, S Shimma, M Yokota, T Higashi… - …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Primary aldosteronism is a secondary hypertensive disease caused by autonomous
aldosterone production that often caused by an aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) …

Characterization of aldosterone-producing cell cluster (APCC) at single-cell resolution

N Iwahashi, H Umakoshi, T Seki… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Context The adrenal cortex consists of zona glomerulosa (ZG), fasciculata (ZF), and
reticularis. Aldosterone-producing cell clusters (APCCs) that strongly express aldosterone …