Who should be screened for primary aldosteronism? A comprehensive review of current evidence

Arterial hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of primary aldosteronism (PA) ranges from 5% to 10% in the general hypertensive population and is regarded as one of the most common causes of secondary hypertension. There are two major causes of PA: bilateral a...

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Main Authors: Huang, Wei Chieh, Lin, Yen Hung, Wu, Vin-Cent, Chen, Chen Huan, Siddique, Saulat, Chia, Yook Chin *, Tay, Jam Chin, Sogunuru, Guru Prasad, Cheng, Hao Min, Kario, Kazuomi
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spelling my.sunway.eprints.30862024-08-12T09:40:23Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/3086/ Who should be screened for primary aldosteronism? A comprehensive review of current evidence Huang, Wei Chieh Lin, Yen Hung Wu, Vin-Cent Chen, Chen Huan Siddique, Saulat Chia, Yook Chin * Tay, Jam Chin Sogunuru, Guru Prasad Cheng, Hao Min Kario, Kazuomi QP Physiology RC Internal medicine Arterial hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of primary aldosteronism (PA) ranges from 5% to 10% in the general hypertensive population and is regarded as one of the most common causes of secondary hypertension. There are two major causes of PA: bilateral adrenal hyperplasia and aldosterone-producing adenoma. The diagnosis of PA comprises screening, confirmatory testing, and subtype differentiation. The Endocrine Society Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of PA recommends screening of patients at an increased risk of PA. These categories include patients with stage 2 and 3 hypertension, drug-resistant hypertension, hypertensive with spontaneous or diuretic-induced hypokalemia, hypertension with adrenal incidentaloma, hypertensive with a family history of early onset hypertension or cerebrovascular accident at a young age, and all hypertensive first-degree relatives of patients with PA. Recently, several studies have linked PA with obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation unexplained by structural heart defects and/or other conditions known to cause the arrhythmia, which may be partly responsible for the higher rates of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents in patients with PA. The aim of this review is to discuss which patients should be screened for PA, focusing not only on well-established guidelines but also on additional groups of patients with a potentially higher prevalence of PA, as has been reported in recent research. Wiley 2022 Article PeerReviewed Huang, Wei Chieh and Lin, Yen Hung and Wu, Vin-Cent and Chen, Chen Huan and Siddique, Saulat and Chia, Yook Chin * and Tay, Jam Chin and Sogunuru, Guru Prasad and Cheng, Hao Min and Kario, Kazuomi (2022) Who should be screened for primary aldosteronism? A comprehensive review of current evidence. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 24 (9). pp. 1194-1203. ISSN 0748-450X https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.14558 10.1111/jch.14558
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topic QP Physiology
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RC Internal medicine
Huang, Wei Chieh
Lin, Yen Hung
Wu, Vin-Cent
Chen, Chen Huan
Siddique, Saulat
Chia, Yook Chin *
Tay, Jam Chin
Sogunuru, Guru Prasad
Cheng, Hao Min
Kario, Kazuomi
Who should be screened for primary aldosteronism? A comprehensive review of current evidence
description Arterial hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of primary aldosteronism (PA) ranges from 5% to 10% in the general hypertensive population and is regarded as one of the most common causes of secondary hypertension. There are two major causes of PA: bilateral adrenal hyperplasia and aldosterone-producing adenoma. The diagnosis of PA comprises screening, confirmatory testing, and subtype differentiation. The Endocrine Society Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of PA recommends screening of patients at an increased risk of PA. These categories include patients with stage 2 and 3 hypertension, drug-resistant hypertension, hypertensive with spontaneous or diuretic-induced hypokalemia, hypertension with adrenal incidentaloma, hypertensive with a family history of early onset hypertension or cerebrovascular accident at a young age, and all hypertensive first-degree relatives of patients with PA. Recently, several studies have linked PA with obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation unexplained by structural heart defects and/or other conditions known to cause the arrhythmia, which may be partly responsible for the higher rates of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents in patients with PA. The aim of this review is to discuss which patients should be screened for PA, focusing not only on well-established guidelines but also on additional groups of patients with a potentially higher prevalence of PA, as has been reported in recent research.
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author Huang, Wei Chieh
Lin, Yen Hung
Wu, Vin-Cent
Chen, Chen Huan
Siddique, Saulat
Chia, Yook Chin *
Tay, Jam Chin
Sogunuru, Guru Prasad
Cheng, Hao Min
Kario, Kazuomi
author_facet Huang, Wei Chieh
Lin, Yen Hung
Wu, Vin-Cent
Chen, Chen Huan
Siddique, Saulat
Chia, Yook Chin *
Tay, Jam Chin
Sogunuru, Guru Prasad
Cheng, Hao Min
Kario, Kazuomi
author_sort Huang, Wei Chieh
title Who should be screened for primary aldosteronism? A comprehensive review of current evidence
title_short Who should be screened for primary aldosteronism? A comprehensive review of current evidence
title_full Who should be screened for primary aldosteronism? A comprehensive review of current evidence
title_fullStr Who should be screened for primary aldosteronism? A comprehensive review of current evidence
title_full_unstemmed Who should be screened for primary aldosteronism? A comprehensive review of current evidence
title_sort who should be screened for primary aldosteronism? a comprehensive review of current evidence
publisher Wiley
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