Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Adrenal vein sampling (AVS) is the gold-standard for localizing the site of autonomous aldosterone production in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA). The procedure is technically challenging with a reported success rate of 50-95%.Aim: To audit the success rate of AVS at a regional referral unit.Standards: No set standard exists. 80% success rate was taken as the minimum acceptable standard for a tertiary referral c...