Primary Aldosteronism: Diagnostic Accuracy of the Losartan and Captopril Tests
Author(s) -
VinCent Wu,
HsienKun Chang,
KaoLang Liu,
YenHung Lin,
ShihChieh Chueh,
WeiChou Lin,
YiLwun Ho,
JenqWen Huang,
ChihKang Chiang,
ShaoYu Yang,
YungMing Chen,
ShuoMeng Wang,
KuoHow Huang,
BorShen Hsieh,
KwanDun Wu
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2009.89
Subject(s) - medicine , losartan , primary aldosteronism , aldosterone , captopril , hyperaldosteronism , urology , mcnemar's test , endocrinology , receiver operating characteristic , prospective cohort study , angiotensin ii , gastroenterology , blood pressure , statistics , mathematics
To assess whether angiotensin-II receptor blockers (ARBs) offer any additional advantage in confirming the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism (PA) and their use in the differentiation of PA subtypes.
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