ea0016p40 | Adrenal | ECE2008
Reuschl S
, Schirpenbach C
, Hahner S
, Beuschlein F
, Diederich S
, Lorenz R
, Rump LC
, Seufert J
, Endres S
, Quinckler M
, Reincke M
, Bidlingmaier M
Recent studies indicating that normokaliemic primary aldosteronism (PA) is a more frequent cause of hypertension than previously expected led to an increased interest in biochemical screening strategies. We investigated biochemical diagnostic strategies used in different academic centres for patients documented in the German National Conns Registry. Data from 7 centres in 5 cities have been entered into a database by trained personnel. For analysis, results from 522 pati...