Open AccessReversible Sympathetic Overactivity in Hypertensive Patients with Primary Aldosteronism
Author(s) -
Andrew Kontak,
Zhongyun Wang,
Debbie Arbique,
Beverley AdamsHuet,
Richard J. Auchus,
Shawna D. Nesbitt,
Ronald G. Victor,
Wanpen Vongpatanasin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism/journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2010-0823
Subject(s) - primary aldosteronism , medicine , aldosterone , blood pressure , endocrinology , adrenalectomy , hyperaldosteronism , sympathetic nervous system , essential hypertension , secondary hypertension , adenoma
Aldosterone has been shown to exert a central sympathoexcitatory action in multiple animal models, but evidence in humans is still lacking.