RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Primary aldosteronism: new approaches to diagnosis and management
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 379
OP 386
VO 60
IS 5
A2 Donald G. Vidt
A2 Alan Bakst
A1 Emmanuel L. Bravo
YR 1993
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/60/5/379.abstract
AB Primary aldosteronism remains a diagnostic challenge. Certain immunoassay techniques, simplified diagnostic testing, and the introduction of sensitive imaging techniques have facilitated the diagnosis, but obstacles that remain include a lack of optimal screening methods, low sensitivity and specificity of current diagnostic tests, and a growing number of etiological subgroups. A rational approach to the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism is described, as is the differentiation of the surgically correctable lesion (adenoma) from the other etiological subgroups.