Open AccessDiscrepant Results of Adrenal Venous Sampling in Seven Patients with Primary Aldosteronism
Author(s) -
Tomáš Zelinka,
Martin Mašek,
Jana Vlková,
M Kasalický,
David Michalský,
Robert Holaj,
Ondřej Petrák,
Branislav Štrauch,
J. Rosa,
Jana Dvořáková,
J Widimský
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
kidney and blood pressure research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.806
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1423-0143
pISSN - 1420-4096
DOI - 10.1159/000330720
Subject(s) - primary aldosteronism , aldosterone , medicine , endocrinology , adrenalectomy , adrenal gland
Adrenal venous sampling serves as a discrimination between uni- and bilateral forms of primary aldosteronism (PA). Even correctly performed adrenal venous sampling may lead to non-diagnostic results in some cases.
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