ea0049ep1 | Adrenal cortex (to include Cushing's) | ECE2017
Jiang Minchun
, Ma Dujuan
, Lin Hailun
, Lin Ying
, Deng Yajuan
, Tang Juying
, Zhang Shaoling
, Guo Ying
Objective: Primary aldosteronism (PA) has emerged as the most frequent form of secondary hypertension. For the diagnosis of PA, confirmatory testing is indispensable and different tests are recommended by guidelines, including captopril challenge test (CCT) and saline infusion test (SIT). However, there are sparse studies evaluating and comparing CCT and SIT in Chinese population. Hence, we investigate the diagnostic efficiency of CCT and SIT for PA in Chinese hypertensives in...