TY - JOUR
T1 - Pheochromocytoma and primary aldosteronism
T2 - Diagnostic approaches
AU - Young, Jr
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Although adrenal-dependent hypertension is an uncommon form of hypertension, its diagnosis provides clinicians with a unique treatment opportunity, that is, to render a surgical cure or to achieve a dramatic response to pharmacologic therapy. The diagnosis of catecholamine-secreting tumors has evolved during the last 70 years to a straightforward stepwise algorithmic approach. Primary aldosteronism is now recognized as the most common form of secondary hypertension, and the screening methods for it are simple and reliable.
AB - Although adrenal-dependent hypertension is an uncommon form of hypertension, its diagnosis provides clinicians with a unique treatment opportunity, that is, to render a surgical cure or to achieve a dramatic response to pharmacologic therapy. The diagnosis of catecholamine-secreting tumors has evolved during the last 70 years to a straightforward stepwise algorithmic approach. Primary aldosteronism is now recognized as the most common form of secondary hypertension, and the screening methods for it are simple and reliable.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0889-8529(05)70283-8
DO - 10.1016/s0889-8529(05)70283-8
M3 - Review article
C2 - 9429861
AN - SCOPUS:0030669145
SN - 0889-8529
VL - 26
SP - 801
EP - 827
JO - Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
JF - Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -