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ea0038p87 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2015

A single-centre experience of adrenal vein sampling in a District General Hospital serving a remote and rural population

Foteinopoulou Evgenia , Todd Alistair , Pollock Anne , Van Drimmelen Marie , Harvey Roderick , MacRury Sandra , MacFarlane David

Background: Given the technically challenging nature of adrenal venous sampling (AVS) there is a drive to centralise services to improve successful outcomes. This has potential implications for patients living in remote and rural areas.Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the case notes of 15 patients who underwent AVS in our hospital, for investigation of primary hyperaldosteronism between 2002 and 2015. We assessed the success rate of cannulation of th...