Saline suppression to distinguish the primary aldosteronism subtype: a diagnostic study.

Hikaru Hashimura Jinbo HuHiroki KobayashiStella May GwiniJimmy ShenNicholas Y N CheeJames C G DoeryWinston ChongPeter J FullerMasanori AbeQi Fu Li Jun Yang

Published in: European journal of endocrinology (2023)

In patients undergoing the recumbent SST, a post-saline PAC <300 pmol L-1 together with a reduction in ARR can predict bilateral PA with high specificity and may allow targeted treatment to be commenced without AVS in up to a third of patients.

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patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
case report
patient reported outcomes
structural basis
smoking cessation