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Study Suggests Confirmatory Testing for Primary Aldosteronism, a Common Cause of Hypertension, Often Misinforms Care and Should Be Removed From the Diagnostic Care Pathway

Newswise — A clinical trial of diagnostic test accuracy found that the seated saline suppression test (SSST), a confirmatory test for primary aldosteronism (PA), commonly misinforms downstream ...
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Oral contraceptive use may cause false-positive test for primary aldosteronism

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Yang and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study of female offspring from women who participated in ...
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AI model identifies patients at risk of underdiagnosed cause of high blood pressure

A study of a new AI model examining 30 years of routine electronic health records (EHR) data could improve screening for primary aldosteronism, a leading cause of high blood pressure that is often ...
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Less than 1% of hypertension cases screened for primary aldosteronism

CHICAGO -- One in 12 patients with incident hypertension screened positive for primary aldosteronism, suggesting expanded screening may boost detection, according to a real-world cohort study. Among 2 ...
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New scan reliably detects primary aldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension

In a recent article published in Nature Medicine, researchers performed a prospective within-patient clinical trial, Is Metomidate superior to AVS in predicting ouTComes from adrenalectomy in primary ...
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Doctors overlook common cause of high blood pressure, guidelines say

July 16 (UPI) --Doctors are regularly overlooking a common hormone-driven cause of high blood pressure, a new paper warns. As many as 30% of high blood pressure patients seen by heart specialists and ...
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Your high blood pressure may have a hormonal cause that most doctors never test for

Discover why millions of people with high blood pressure may have an undiagnosed hormonal condition called primary aldosteronism. This video explores the causes, risks, and the critical lack of ...
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Primary Aldosteronism Testing for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Thank you to Dr. Quencer and colleagues for an excellent article on primary aldosteronism. 1 I have two questions about testing for primary aldosteronism in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF): The ...
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Endocrine Society guideline calls for increased screening for common cause of high blood pressure

Endocrine Society experts encouraged more widespread screening for a common hormonal cause of high blood pressure known as primary aldosteronism in a new Clinical Practice Guideline. "Primary ...
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AI model could improve screening for primary aldosteronism

A study of a new AI model examining 30 years of routine electronic health records (EHR) data could improve screening for primary aldosteronism, a leading cause of high blood pressure that is often ...

Normal during daytime blood tests, but spikes only while sleeping — Hypertension that is easy to miss, as shown by 24-hour records of 60 people

Good morning.Yesterday, the overseas research news site ScienceDaily covered a study on hypertension by a team including ...
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Primary Aldosteronism Foundation Announces Creation of Alliance to Drive Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Cause of Hypertension

PHOENIX, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Primary Aldosteronism Foundation ("Foundation"), has announced today the creation of a multistakeholder alliance to drive diagnosis and treatment of primary ...