ea0073aep77 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular Endocrinology | ECE2021
Donlon Padraig
, Mullen Nathan
, Warde Kate
, Bottiglieri Anna
, Cappiello Grazia
, Farina Laura
, Basel Matthew
, Martin OHalloran
, Prakash Punit
, Paula OShea
, Dennedy Michael Conall
IntroductionPrimary Aldosteronism (PA) is the commonest secondary cause of hypertension. Mainstay therapy, adrenalectomy resects both hypersecreting and adjacent normal tissue. It is therefore only suitable for patients with unilateral disease (40% cases), whom are surgical candidates. Thermal therapy presents a plausible minimally invasive therapy, to target and disrupt hypersecreting aldosterone producing adenomas (APA), while also preserving adjacent ...