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ea0035oc2.5 | Adrenal clinical | ECE2014

Treatment strategy and outcome with primary aldosteronism: a nationwide longitudinal cohort based study

Wu VinCent , Wang Jian-Jhong , Wu Kwan-Dun , Chen Likwang

Objectives: Along with better recognition of the role of primary aldosteronism (PA) in increasing cardiovascular risk and the potential of targeted therapy for PA, the long-term mortality according to different treatments are poorly understood.Methods: We investigated PA patients using the validated algorithms between 1999 and 2011. Their data were extracted from the whole claims of the Taiwan National Health Insurance. We used Cox regression with time-v...