Impact of New Quick Gold Nanoparticle-Based Cortisol Assay During Adrenal Vein Sampling for Primary Aldosteronism
Author(s) -
Takashi Yoneda,
Shigehiro Karashima,
Mitsuhiro Kometani,
Mikiya Usukura,
Masashi Demura,
Junichiro Sanada,
Tetsuya Minami,
Wataru Koda,
Toshifumi Gabata,
Osamu Matsui,
Koutarou Idegami,
Yuzuru Takamura,
Eiichi Tamiya,
Masashi Oe,
Masuo Nakai,
Shunsuke Mori,
Noboru Terayama,
Yuichi Matsuda,
Kouhei Kamemura,
Sumie Fujii,
Takashi Seta,
Toshitaka Sawamura,
Rika Okuda,
Yoshimichi Takeda,
Kenshi Hayashi,
Masakazu Yamagishi,
Yoshiyu Takeda
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the 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.2016-1011
Subject(s) - primary aldosteronism , medicine , catheter , gold standard (test) , radiology , aldosterone
Adrenal vein sampling (AVS) is essential for identifying a surgically curable form of primary aldosteronism (PA), but accurate placement of the sampling catheter is technically challenging. Intraprocedural cortisol measurement can confirm the catheter's position, thereby increasing the AVS success rate.
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