Familial and phenotypic associations of the aldosterone Renin ratio.

CONTEXT: The aldosterone to renin ratio (ARR) is a marker of aldosterone excess, widely used to screen for primary aldosteronism (PA). The significance of a raised ARR in normotensive and hypertensive subjects and the phenotypic and familial factors affecting it are unclear. OBJECTIVE: We estimated...

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Hauptverfasser: Alvarez-Madrazo, S, Padmanabhan, S, Mayosi, B, Watkins, H, Avery, P, Wallace, A, Fraser, R, Davies, E, Keavney, B, Connell, J
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009