Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenal vein sampling (AVS) is a gold standard in the assessment of the cause of primary aldosteronism (PA). It is technically demanding procedure having the high rate of failure, even in expert centres. Our study aimed to investigatewhether the data on aldosterone and cortisol concentration from successfully cannulated adrenal vein could determine the subtype of PA in certain patients with partially successful AVS.Materials and methods: Th...

Introduction: Adrenal vein sampling (AVS) represents the gold standard in the identification of the source of aldosterone hypersecretion in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA). It is a technically demanding procedure and, in some cases, only one adrenal vein is successfully cannulated. Our study aimed to examine the aldosterone/cortisol ratio between the peripheral and adrenal veins in order to determine peripheral/adrenal vein aldosterone/cortisol ratio cut-off value tha...