Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Stimulated Adrenal Venous Sampling Underestimates Surgically Curable Primary Aldosteronism: A Retrospective Cohort Study and Review of Contemporary Studies

Hypertension. 2021 Jul;78(1):94-103. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17248. Epub 2021 May 17.

Authors

Nicholas Yozamp¹, Gregory L Hundemer², Marwan Moussa³, Jonathan Underhill³, Tali Fudim³, Barry Sacks, Anand Vaidya¹

Affiliations

¹ From the Center for Adrenal Disorders, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (N.Y., A.V.).
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada (G.L.H.).
³ Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (M.M., J.U., T.F., B.S.).

Abstract

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Keywords: adrenocorticotropic hormone; catheterization; consensus; interventional radiology; treatment outcome.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Adrenal Glands / blood supply
Adrenal Glands / drug effects*
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / pharmacology*
Adult
Aldosterone / blood
Female
Humans
Hydrocortisone / blood
Hyperaldosteronism / blood
Hyperaldosteronism / diagnosis*
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Veins / drug effects*
Veins / metabolism

Substances

Aldosterone
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Hydrocortisone

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