A prospective evaluation of postural stimulation testing, computed tomography and adrenal vein sampling in the differential diagnosis of primary aldosteronism.

CONTEXT: In primary aldosteronism (PA), discriminating unilateral from bilateral disease is crucial because adrenalectomy is frequently curative in the former case but rarely helps in the latter. Various series have reported the utility of postural stimulation testing (PST), cross-sectional imaging...

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Main Authors: Lau, J, Sze, W, Reznek, R, Matson, M, Sahdev, A, Carpenter, R, Berney, D, Akker, SA, Chew, S, Grossman, AB, Monson, J, Drake, WM
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012