Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Adrenal vein sampling is often touted as a “gold standard” method to select patients for the surgical ...

Primary aldosteronism typically presents as resistant hypertension and hypokalemia and is the most common form of secondary hypertension, with a prevalence of 1–10% of hypertensive patients in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with primary aldosteronism undergoing adrenal vein sampling, the administration of ...

Preparation of patients with iodine contrast media (ICM) allergy who require adrenal vein sampling (AVS) to establish source of aldosterone excess of their confirmed primary aldosteronism (PA) is ...

For patients allergic to iodine contrast media (ICM), dexamethasone premedication prior to adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is a safe and more effective alternative to prednisone and other approaches ...

EVEN when the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism is obvious before operation, there is no way to localize the adenoma. Preoperative demonstration of the tumor radiographically, as by retroperitoneal ...

A novel imaging approach, 68 Ga-pentixafor PET/CT, has been shown to accurately identify sub-types of primary aldosteronism (an adrenal gland disorder), outperforming traditional methods for diagnosis ...

A novel imaging approach, 68 Ga-pentixafor PET/CT, has been shown to accurately identify sub-types of primary aldosteronism (an adrenal gland disorder), outperforming traditional methods for diagnosis ...

A new first-in-human study has validated a PET radiotracer that can effectively image overactive adrenal glands, offering an alternative to the highly invasive procedure currently utilized to diagnose ...

Performance of 68 Ga-pentixafor PET/CT in PA patients with different adrenal micronodules. MIP = maximum-intensity projection; NFN = nonfunctioning nodule. Primary aldosteronism is an endocrine ...