Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Increasing left ventricular mass index (LVMI) is associated with a poor prognosis in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Blockade of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in CKD leads to improvement in proteinuria and LV mass. However, the MR can be activated by aldosterone, cortisol and deoxycorticosterone (DOC) and their relative contribution to adverse events in CKD is unclear. We aimed to assess the correlation between mineralocorticoid excretion and LVMI in pat...