The captopril challenge test for diagnosing primary Aldosteronism in a Chinese population

The Captopril challenge test (CCT) is an easy-conduct confirmatory test for diagnosing primary aldosteronism (PA). Guidelines show that plasma aldosterone is normally suppressed by captopril (> 30%) in primary...

Source: BMC Endocrine Disorders - June 24, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Ke-ying Zhu, Yan Zhang, Wen-jing Zhang, Hong-yun Li, Wen-huan Feng, Da-long Zhu and Ping Li Tags: Research article Source Type: research