Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is considered to be the most common cause of secondary hypertension. Therefore, a relevance of early diagnosis of PA is obvious.Methods: We evaluated 98 patients with hypertension in age 47.8±1.4 years. We measured serum potassium by indirect porentiometry, serum aldosterone and plasma rennin activity (PRA) by RIA, serum corticosterone (B), 18-hydroxycorticosterone (18-OH-B), 11-deoxycorticosterone (DOC), 11-de...