Endocrine Abstracts

Primary hyperaldosteronism (PA) is the most frequent cause of secondary hypertension. PA detection is of particular importance, because it provides opportunity for targeted treatment (surgical for APA and medical for BAH), and because it has been demonstrated that PA patients are more prone to cardiovascular events and target organ damage than essential hypertensives. The Endocrine Society Guidelines stated the categories of hypertensive patients with relatively high prevalenc...