Aldosterone-producing adenomas (APAs) are benign tumours of the adrenal cortex and represent a major, surgically curable cause of primary aldosteronism – a condition characterised by excessive ...

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is caused by hereditary enzyme defects in the adrenal cortex. The classic form results in reduced production of cortisol and aldosterone accompanied by increased ...

The aldosterone-renin ratio (ARR ... computed tomography findings, and adrenal venous sampling (not all patients underwent all tests). ARRs were determined in each patient after overnight ...

Figure 5. Acutely isolated ex vivo adrenal zona glomerulosa cells from female rats have greater aldosterone (Aldo) responses to agonists than male rats. *P<0.001, values are means±SEM n=9 per group.

These drugs work by blocking the production of aldosterone, a hormone made by the adrenal glands that can increase blood pressure. In people with certain types of hypertension, aldosterone levels ...

aNational Institutes of Health Clinical Center and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA bthe Institute for Pediatric Urology, ...

If an adrenal adenoma is detected, unilateral adrenalectomy is the best therapeutic option in the late first and the early second trimesters, providing a rapid normalization of BP and serum potassium ...

OBJECTIVE Angiotensin II (AII) and aldosterone are not always fully suppressed during chronic angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor treatment. In congestive heart failure (CHF) such failure of ...