Altered Taste Perception for Sodium Chloride in Patients With Primary Aldosteronism: A Prospective Cohort Study

Hypertension. 2021 Apr;77(4):1332-1340. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16440. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

Abstract

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Keywords: aldosterone; mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists; salts; sodium chloride; taste threshold.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adrenalectomy / methods*
  • Aldosterone / blood*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperaldosteronism* / blood
  • Hyperaldosteronism* / diagnosis
  • Hyperaldosteronism* / physiopathology
  • Hyperaldosteronism* / therapy
  • Hypertension* / etiology
  • Hypertension* / physiopathology
  • Hypertension* / prevention & control
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Sodium Chloride / metabolism*
  • Taste Perception* / drug effects
  • Taste Perception* / physiology
  • Taste Threshold*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Aldosterone