aldosteronism


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aldosteronism

[al′däs·tə·rə‚niz·əm]
(medicine)
Hypertension induced by excessive secretion of aldosterone.
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44) investigated the effect of B2R gene C-58T genotypes on BMI in patients with hypertensive primary aldosteronism and found that BMI measurements in individuals with the T/T genotype were lower than those with the T/C or C/C genotypes.
Relationship of Bradykinin B2 Receptor Gene C-58T Variation with Total-Cholesterol and Glucose in Essential Hypertension
Laboratory challenges in primary aldosteronism screening and diagnosis.
Overestimation of aldosterone by immunoassay in renal impairment
Care should be taken in cases where the hypersecretion of aldosterone to the cardiovascular system is observed, as in many patients, especially geriatric ones, hypertension, hypokalemia, and azotemia or evidence of cardiovascular changes are misattributed to chronic kidney failure or heart failure as primary disorders rather than the direct effect of primary aldosteronism (DJAJADININGRAT-LAANEN et al.
Feline primary hyperaldosteronism: an emerging endocrine disease/Hiperaldosteronismo primario felino: uma enfermidade endocrina emergente
Adrenal causes of hypertension: pheochromocytoma and primary aldosteronism.
Complete excision of large invasive retroperitoneal paraganglioma mislabelled as hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
The aetiological profile remains the same as in the adult population, where 90% of cases are due to primary hypertension and the remaining 10% are secondary to renal parenchymal and renovascular disease, primary aldosteronism, medications such as oral contraceptives, cocaine or amphetamines, and rare causes such as coarctation of the aorta.
Cardiovascular medicine in primary healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa: minimum standards for practice (part 1)
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a secondary cause of hypertension that is often missed due to inadequate clinical evaluation and the lack of classically described laboratory abnormalities.
Persistent hypertension in a young woman: a classic presentation of Conn's syndrome
Weber, "Parathyroid hormone, a crucial mediator of pathologic cardiac remodeling in Aldosteronism," Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, vol.
Serum NT-proBNP levels are not related to vitamin D status in young patients with congenital heart defects
APCCs are distinct from aldosterone-producing adenomas (APAs), which cause primary aldosteronism (PA), in the following aspects [1, 2]: (i) APCCs are approximately 0.
Human adrenocortical remodeling leading to aldosterone-producing cell cluster generation
Reverse remodeling and recovery from cachexia in rats with aldosteronism," The American Journal of Physiology--Heart and Circulatory Physiology, vol.
Aerobic Exercise and Pharmacological Therapies for Skeletal Myopathy in Heart Failure: Similarities and Differences
First described by Conn in 1955, primary aldosteronism is defined as a group of disorders in which aldosterone production is inappropriately elevated, relatively independent from the renin-angiotensin system, and nonsuppressible by sodium loading.
Clinicopathologic Correlates of Primary Aldosteronism
A prospective study of the prevalence of primary aldosteronism in 1,125 hypertensive patients.
Relapsing and difficult to control hypokalemia in a patient with acute lymphoid leukemia/Hipopotasemia recurrente y de dificil control en un paciente con leucemia linfoide aguda/Hipopotassemia recorrente e de dificil controle num paciente com leucemia linfoide aguda
Among these secondary conditions is primary aldosteronism, overproduction of the hormone aldosterone by the adrenal glands, resulting in imbalances of sodium and potassium.
Is something keeping your blood pressure elevated? Identifying health problems, medications and other secondary causes of hypertension may help your blood pressure control

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