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ea0029p74 | Adrenal cortex | ICEECE2012

Anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients with primary aldosteronism in a longitudinal study

Kunzel H. , Apostolopoulou K. , Pallauf A. , Hanslik G. , Volker B. , Evelyn F. , Bidlingmaier M. , Stephan E. , Quinckler M. , Beuschlein F. , Reincke M.

Context: Recent studies showed a high prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients with primary hyperaldosteronism (PA). A cross-sectional analysis suggested only minor improvement following adrenalectomy (ADX) and mineralocorticoidreceptor antagonist (MRA) therapy.Objective: Our aim was to determine the course of anxiety and depression in untreated patients.Design: We investigated 15 patients with PA at time of diagno...