Blood Pressure, Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone, and Thyroid Disease Prevalence in Primary Aldosteronism and Essential Hypertension | Zendy

Federica Turchi | Zendy; Vanessa Ronconi | Zendy; Valentina di Tizio | Zendy; Marco Boscaro | Zendy; Gilberta Giacchetti | Zendy

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Blood Pressure, Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone, and Thyroid Disease Prevalence in Primary Aldosteronism and Essential Hypertension

Author(s) -

Federica Turchi,

Vanessa Ronconi,

Valentina di Tizio,

Marco Boscaro,

Gilberta Giacchetti

Publication year - 2011

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.2011.144

Subject(s) - medicine , essential hypertension , primary aldosteronism , endocrinology , thyroid , blood pressure , diastole , aldosterone , thyroid function , body mass index , ambulatory blood pressure , hormone

A positive correlation between thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and blood pressure (BP) has been identified in normotensives and in patients with essential hypertension (EH). This study was designed to evaluate, in primary aldosteronism (PA) and in EH, potential association of BP, TSH, and ultrasonographic changes of the thyroid.

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