| Literature DB >> 17215661 |
Konstantinos Petidis1, Stella Douma, Spyros Aslanidis, Panagiota Papaefthimiou, Niki Kartali, Chrysanthos Zamboulis.
Abstract
Primary aldosteronism accompanied by hypokalemia is a cause of secondary hypertension. Diagnosis of primary aldosteronism has increased dramatically in recent years with the wider availability of aldosterone and plasma renin activity measurements. The authors present the case of a patient with resistant hypertension and severe hypokalemia that evaded diagnosis until complications from hypokalemia occurred.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17215661 PMCID: PMC8109949 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2007.05811.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) ISSN: 1524-6175 Impact factor: 3.738