ea0070ep25 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular Endocrinology | ECE2020
Nikitas Skarakis Spyridon
, Papadimitriou Irene
, Papanastasiou Labrini
, Diamantis Evangelos
, Gravanis Miltiadis
, Karydas Georgios
, Kounadi Theodora
Background: Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is the gold standard method that evaluates the source of aldosterone overproduction in primary aldosteronism. During AVS aldosterone and cortisol are simultaneously measured in order to assess successful adrenal cannulation and lateralization of aldosterone overproduction. However, in patients with both adrenal cortisol and aldosterone overproduction, plasma metaneprhines and normetanephrines can be measured to overcome selectivity and...