ea0041ep37 | Adrenal cortex (to include Cushing's) | ECE2016
Zukowski Lukasz
, Mysliwiec Janusz
, Wawrusiewicz-Kurylonek Natalia
, Gorska Maria
Introduction: Nowadays is believed that primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most frequent cause of secondary hypertension and reaches 10% of whole hypertensive population. The activity of the mineralocorticoid hormone may be change by polymorphism of aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2) e.g. in promoter -344T/C region. Aim of this study was to find differences in baseline plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC), plasma renin activity (PRA), aldosterone renin ratio (ARR) and...