Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Leffert is managing partner at North Texas Endocrine Center, a past president of the American Association of ...

The aldosterone-renin ratio (ARR) has gained popularity as a screening test for primary hyperaldosteronism, a probably underdiagnosed cause of hypertension. However, studies have yielded varying ...

For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] We have recently observed a patient with malignant hypertension and hyperaldosteronism who also had an impairment in renal ...

What is Conn’s Syndrome / Primary Hyperaldosteronism? The term "primary hyperaldosteronism" is used to describe Conn’s syndrome and other associated conditions involving pathological lesions that ...

Primary hyperaldosteronism -- a condition in which too much of the hormone aldosterone1 is produced by the adrenal glands and can lead to high blood pressure (hypertension) and lower levels of ...

A new mechanism identified explains the development of hyperaldosteronism and also aids in drug discovery for treating secondary hypertension, reveals a new study. Hyperaldosteronism, a condition in ...

Hyperaldosteronism is the cause of about 0.5 to 2 percent of all cases of hypertension. Aldosterone-producing adenomas account for approximately 60 percent of the cases of hyperaldosteronism, and ...

The prevalence of primary hyperaldosteronism among general and resistant hypertensive populations ranges from 5-20%. It is considered a secondary form of hypertension caused by inappropriate secretion ...

Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Key Takeaways Spironolactone helps treat heart failure by making it easier for the heart to pump blood.The medication lowers high blood pressure by removing ...

Given the elevated aldosterone and insulin levels in ZDF rats, we hypothesized that renal SGK1 expression would be increased in experimental type 2 diabetes mellitus, leading to salt-sensitive ...

Although aldosterone has an essential role in controlling electrolyte and body fluid homeostasis, aldosterone also exerts certain pathological effects on the kidney. Several previous studies have ...