Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the first cause of endocrine hypertension accounting for about 6% of all cases of hypertension. According to international guidelines, PA screening is based on plasma aldosterone-to-renin concentration ratio (ARR) computation. Nevertheless, measurement of urine aldosterone excretion may be of interest since it integrates aldosterone secretion over 24 hours. However, available urine aldosterone immuno-assays have poor specificity.<p ...