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 ...

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 ...

BOSTON — Screening all resistant-hypertensive patients for primary aldosteronism and surgically treating those who are candidates is cost-effective compared with lifelong medical therapy, a new study ...

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 ...

In addition to the lateralization index, the presence of adrenal nodules and contralateral suppression improved diagnostic accuracy of surgically curable aldosteronism. Consideration of contralateral ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the study, [68Ga]Ga-Pentixafor PET/CT was well tolerated and demonstrated high specificity and moderate sensitivity for identifying unilateral aldosterone-producing adenomas compared with adrenal ...

Experts highlight how adrenal disorders such as Conn’s syndrome and Cushing’s syndrome can silently damage the kidneys.