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ea0029p94 | Adrenal cortex | ICEECE2012

The confirmatory Tests of primary aldosteronism should be selected in each countries - the analysis of 83 patients in our hospital

Ichijo T. , Yoshida E. , Yamashita K. , Ouchi H. , Higa M.

It has been well known the primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common endocrine hypertension, and it is accounted approximately 10% of all hypertensive patients. It is always challenging for physicians which tests we should select for the confirmatory tests for the patients with aldosterone-renin retio (ARR) positive. We analyzed our 83 PA patients for the sensitivity of each confirmatory test.We screened those PA suspicious patients by ARR and we con...