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Primary Aldosteronism - Coggle Diagram
Primary Aldosteronism
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Management
Surgery
Adrenal Venous Sampling done to check whether aldosterone production is unilateral - definite aldosterone production by one adrenal and contralateral suppression of the other
unilateral adrenalectomy, which results in cure of hypertension in 50% to 60% and significant improvement in the remainder
entire adrenal is removed even when an apparent adenoma is seen on CT scanning or on visualisation of the gland
bilateral adrenalectomy
For rare patients with marked, bilateral adrenal hyperplasia and severe, bilateral PA (including those with severe forms of FH-III),
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Definition
aldosterone production exceeds the body's requirements and is relatively autonomous with regard to its normal chronic regulator, the renin-angiotensin II system. Excessive sodium reabsorption via amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channels within the distal nephron
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