Association of aldosterone and blood pressure with the risk for cardiovascular events after treatments in primary aldosteronism

We used a dataset from a Japanese nationwide registry of patients with primary aldosteronism, to determine which of the parameters of hyperaldosteronism and blood pressure before or after treatments for primary aldosteronism (i.e., surgical adrenalectomy or a medication treatment) are important in terms of cardiovascular prognosis.

Source: Atherosclerosis - March 29, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Tatsuya Haze, Nobuhito Hirawa, Yuichiro Yano, Kouichi Tamura, Isao Kurihara, Hiroki Kobayashi, Mika Tsuiki, Takamasa Ichijo, Norio Wada, Takuyuki Katabami, Koichi Yamamoto, Kenji Oki, Nobuya Inagaki, Shintaro Okamura, Tatsuya Kai, Shoichiro Izawa, Masanob Source Type: research