Primary aldosteronism - Wikipedia
网页Primary aldosteronism (PA), also known as primary hyperaldosteronism, refers to the excess production of the hormone aldosterone from the adrenal glands, resulting in low renin levels and high blood pressure. [1] This abnormality is a paraneoplastic syndrome (i.e. caused by hyperplasia or tumors).
Primary Aldosteronism (Conn’s Syndrome): What It Is - Cleveland …
网页What is primary aldosteronism? Primary aldosteronism, also known as Conn’s syndrome, is a condition that occurs when your adrenal glands make too much aldosterone. Aldosterone is a steroid hormone that helps regulate sodium and potassium in your blood.
Primary Aldosteronism - Johns Hopkins Medicine
网页Primary aldosteronism, also called Conn’s syndrome, is a disorder in which your adrenal glands make too much of a hormone called aldosterone. Aldosterone helps regulate your blood pressure by balancing sodium and potassium levels in your body.
Diagnosis of primary aldosteronism - UpToDate
网页2024年8月20日 — The classic presenting signs of primary aldosteronism are hypertension and hypokalemia, but potassium levels are frequently normal in modern-day series of primary aldosteronism. The most common subtypes of primary aldosteronism are: Unilateral aldosterone-producing adenomas (APAs; ≥10 mm) or aldosterone-producing …
Primary Hyperaldosteronism - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
网页2023年12月5日 — Primary hyperaldosteronism (PA) is an underdiagnosed cause of hypertension. The classic presentation of PA includes hypertension and hypokalemia. However, in reality, most patients will present without hypokalemia. The two primary causes are aldosterone-producing adenomas and bilateral adrenal hyperplasia of the zona …
Primary Aldosteronism: A Pragmatic Approach to Diagnosis and …
网页2023年8月1日 — Prompt diagnosis and treatment with targeted surgical or medical therapy reduce the risk of complications and improve prognosis. This review outlines a practical approach to diagnosis and management of primary aldosteronism for global practitioners.
Primary Aldosteronism: Practice Essentials, Pathophysiology, Etiology
网页2024年6月3日 — The type 5 variant of familial primary aldosteronism, known as primary aldosteronism with seizures and neurologic abnormalities (PASNA), results from mutation in CACNA1D. Signs and symptoms of...
Primary Aldosteronism Diagnosis and Management: A Clinical …
网页The hallmark of primary aldosteronism is autonomous secretion of aldosterone from either one or both adrenal glands, independent of its primary regulators: angiotensin II, hyperkalemia, and corticotropin (ACTH).
Primary Aldosteronism - Primary Aldosteronism - The Merck …
网页2024年1月11日 — Primary aldosteronism is suspected in patients with hypertension and hypokalemia but increasingly is being diagnosed in patients with normokalemia and resistant hypertension. Initial laboratory testing consists of plasma aldosterone levels and plasma renin activity (PRA).
Primary aldosteronism - The BMJ
网页2022年4月20日 — Primary aldosteronism, also known as Conn’s syndrome, is characterised by inappropriate aldosterone production despite suppressed renin secretion and, commonly, hypertension. 1 Normally, in response to intravascular volume depletion, renin stimulates aldosterone secretion to increase sodium reabsorption and facilitate …