Diagnosis and treatment of primary aldosteronism: practical clinical perspectives

WF Young Jr - Journal of internal medicine, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Primary aldosteronism (PA), the most common form of secondary hypertension, can be
either surgically cured or treated with targeted pharmacotherapy. PA is frequently …

The expanding spectrum of primary aldosteronism: implications for diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment

A Vaidya, P Mulatero, R Baudrand… - Endocrine …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Primary aldosteronism is characterized by aldosterone secretion that is independent of renin
and angiotensin II and sodium status. The deleterious effects of primary aldosteronism are …

Genetics, prevalence, screening and confirmation of primary aldosteronism: a position statement and consensus of the Working Group on Endocrine Hypertension of …

P Mulatero, S Monticone, J Deinum, L Amar… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Autonomous aldosterone overproduction represents the underlying condition of 5–10% of
patients with arterial hypertension and carries a significant burden of mortality and morbidity …

Pathogenesis and treatment of primary aldosteronism

MC Zennaro, S Boulkroun… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of primary aldosteronism, the most frequent
cause of secondary hypertension, are crucial to prevent deleterious cardiovascular …

Cryo-EM structures of apo and antagonist-bound human Cav3. 1

Y Zhao, G Huang, Q Wu, K Wu, R Li, J Lei, X Pan… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Among the ten subtypes of mammalian voltage-gated calcium (Ca v) channels, Ca v 3.1–Ca
v 3.3 constitute the T-type, or the low-voltage-activated, subfamily, the abnormal activities of …

Somatic mutations of CADM1 in aldosterone-producing adenomas and gap junction-dependent regulation of aldosterone production

X Wu, EAB Azizan, E Goodchild, S Garg, M Hagiyama… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Aldosterone-producing adenomas (APAs) are the commonest curable cause of
hypertension. Most have gain-of-function somatic mutations of ion channels or transporters …

A gain-of-function mutation in the CLCN2 chloride channel gene causes primary aldosteronism

FL Fernandes-Rosa, G Daniil, IJ Orozco, C Göppner… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Primary aldosteronism is the most common and curable form of secondary arterial
hypertension. We performed whole-exome sequencing in patients with early-onset primary …

Genetics of primary aldosteronism

UI Scholl - Hypertension, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Primary aldosteronism is considered the commonest cause of secondary hypertension. In
affected individuals, aldosterone is produced in an at least partially autonomous fashion in …

MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Diagnosis and management of primary aldosteronism: the Endocrine Society guideline 2016 revisited

TA Williams, M Reincke - European journal of endocrinology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The syndrome of primary aldosteronism (PA) is characterized by hypertension with
excessive, autonomous aldosterone production and is usually caused by either a unilateral …

Genetic, cellular, and molecular heterogeneity in adrenals with aldosterone-producing adenoma

K De Sousa, S Boulkroun, S Baron, K Nanba… - …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) cause primary aldosteronism—the most frequent
form of secondary hypertension. Somatic mutations in genes coding for ion channels and …