An unusual cause of mineralocorticoid hypertension

E Marie Freel; Colin G Perry; Patrick O'Dwyer; Jan A Staessen; Garry L Jennings; Joey P Granger; Marc De Buyzere; Ernesto L Schiffrin

doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.04401

An unusual cause of mineralocorticoid hypertension

Hypertension. 2014 Oct;64(4):689-92. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.04401. Epub 2014 Aug 25.

Authors

E Marie Freel¹, Colin G Perry², Patrick O'Dwyer², Jan A Staessen², Garry L Jennings², Joey P Granger², Marc De Buyzere², Ernesto L Schiffrin²

Affiliations

¹ From the Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences (E.M.F.) and School of Medicine (C.G.P., P.O.D.), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom; Studies Coordinating Center, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.A.S.); Director's Research Group, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia (G.L.J.); Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (J.P.G.); Department of Cardiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium (M.D.B.); and Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and Department of Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada (E.L.S.). marie.freel@glasgow.ac.uk.
² From the Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences (E.M.F.) and School of Medicine (C.G.P., P.O.D.), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom; Studies Coordinating Center, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (J.A.S.); Director's Research Group, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia (G.L.J.); Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (J.P.G.); Department of Cardiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium (M.D.B.); and Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and Department of Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada (E.L.S.).

PMID: 25156173
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.04401

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / complications
Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / diagnosis
Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / surgery
Adrenocortical Carcinoma / complications
Adrenocortical Carcinoma / diagnosis
Adrenocortical Carcinoma / surgery
Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Hypertension / diagnosis*
Hypertension / etiology
Hypertension / metabolism*
Hypokalemia / diagnosis
Hypokalemia / etiology
Hypokalemia / metabolism
Male
Mineralocorticoids / metabolism*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Mineralocorticoids

Grants and funding

G0802803/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom