ea0094oc5.3 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular | SFEBES2023
Arstad Erik
, Sander Kerstin
, Kurzawinski Tom
, Awais Ramla
, Twyman Frazer
, Pritchcard Dylan
, Glaser Matthias
, Edaan Esra
, Sirindil Fatih
, Buhidma Yazead
, Shortman Robert
, Dickson John
, Anderson Cameron
, Chung Teng-Teng
, Abdel-Aziz Tarek
, Brown Morris
, Williams Bryan
Background: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common potentially curable cause of secondary hypertension and is a risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. For patients with unilateral disease adrenalectomy can be curative. However, PA remains substantially underdiagnosed due the complex diagnostic pathway required to identify patients with unilateral disease, and the difficulties in accurate lateralization of the affected adrenal gland. Spe...