Should Adrenal Venous Sampling Be Performed in PA Patients Without Apparent Adrenal Tumors?

Should Adrenal Venous Sampling Be Performed in PA Patients Without Apparent Adrenal Tumors?

IntroductionSome aldosterone-producing micro-adenomas cannot be detected through image inspection. Therefore, adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is often performed, even in primary aldosteronism (PA) patients who have no apparent adrenal tumors (ATs) on imaging. In most of these cases, however, the PA is...

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Main Authors: Kentaro Okamoto, Youichi Ohno, Masakatsu Sone, Nobuya Inagaki, Takamasa Ichijo, Takashi Yoneda, Mika Tsuiki, Norio Wada, Kenji Oki, Kouichi Tamura, Hiroki Kobayashi, Shoichiro Izawa, Akiyo Tanabe, Mitsuhide Naruse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
adrenalectomy
adrenal venous sampling
cardiovascular disease
hyperaldosteronism
primary aldosteronism
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2021.645395/full

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