Primary aldosteronism (PA) is now recognized as the most common form of endocrine hypertension, responsible for around 10% of all cases of hypertension in referral centres. 1 The diagnosis of PA and ...

Initially described in 1991 in 13 patients from five families whose primary hyperaldosteronism was not suppressed by a dexamethasone challenge (distinguishing it from FH-I), familial ...

More than a billion people worldwide suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension). Prolonged hypertension damages blood vessels, which can result in damage to the heart, the kidneys, and the brain.

One of the functions of your adrenal glands is to produce a hormone called aldosterone that plays an active role in your blood pressure. It does this by maintaining the balance of sodium, potassium, ...

Familial hyperaldosteronism type I (FH-I), also known as glucocorticoid remediable aldosteronism, is caused by an unequal crossing‐over of the genes that encode the steroid 11β‐hydroxylase (CYP11B1) ...

Aldosterone is a hormone that helps regulate sodium and potassium levels in the blood. Hyperaldosteronism and hypoaldosteronism are conditions involving abnormal aldosterone levels. The adrenal glands ...

More than a billion people worldwide suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension). Prolonged hypertension damages blood vessels, which can result in damage to the heart, the kidneys, and the brain.

Primary hyperaldosteronism, commonly due to either an aldosterone-producing adrenal adenoma or bilateral adrenal hyperplasia, is one of the most common causes of secondary hypertension. One report ...