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  • Title: Diagnosis and treatment of primary aldosteronism.
    Author: Rossi GP.
    Journal: Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am; 2011 Jun; 40(2):313-32, vii-viii. PubMed ID: 21565669.
    Abstract:
    A few simple rules can allow physicians to successfully identify many patients with arterial hypertension caused by PA among the so-called essential hypertensive patients. The hyperaldosteronism and the hypokalemia can be cured with adrenalectomy in practically all of these patients. Moreover, in a substantial proportion of them, the blood pressure can be normalized or markedly lowered if a unilateral cause of PA is discovered. Hence, the screening for PA can be rewarding both for the patient and for the clinician, particularly in those cases where hypertension is severe and/or resistant to treatment, in which the removal of an APA can allow blood pressure to be brought under control despite withdrawal of, or a prominent reduction in, the number and doses of antihypertensive medications.
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