Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Blood samples from patients with unilateral hyperaldosteronism revealed higher aldosterone concentrations when ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Adrenal vein sampling is often touted as a “gold standard” method to select patients for the surgical ...

For patients with primary hyperaldosteronism, AVS is sometimes essential in identifying whether excess aldosterone production originates from one or both adrenal glands. This precision allows doctors ...

The seated saline suppression test couldn't discriminate between patients with suspected primary aldosteronism who would and would not respond to treatment. Most patients responded to treatment, and ...

For patients allergic to iodine contrast media (ICM), dexamethasone premedication prior to adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is a safe and more effective alternative to prednisone and other approaches ...

A clinical trial has shown a new type of medical scan can identify specific adrenal gland nodules responsible for excess hormone secretion linked to high blood pressure. The new scan offers the first ...

Performance of 68 Ga-pentixafor PET/CT in PA patients with different adrenal micronodules. MIP = maximum-intensity projection; NFN = nonfunctioning nodule. Primary aldosteronism is an endocrine ...

In a recent article published in Nature Medicine, researchers performed a prospective within-patient clinical trial, Is Metomidate superior to AVS in predicting ouTComes from adrenalectomy in primary ...

In the study, [68Ga]Ga-Pentixafor PET/CT was well tolerated and demonstrated high specificity and moderate sensitivity for identifying unilateral aldosterone-producing adenomas compared with adrenal ...