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Graz Endocrine Causes of Hypertension (GECOH) study: a diagnostic accuracy study of aldosterone to active renin ratio in screening for primary aldosteronism

BACKGROUND: Primary aldosteronism (PA) affects approximately 5 to 10% of all patients with arterial hypertension and is associated with an excess rate of cardiovascular complications that can be significantly reduced by a targeted treatment. There exists a general consensus that the aldosterone to r...

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Autores principales: Pilz, Stefan, Tomaschitz, Andreas, Stepan, Vinzenz, Obermayer-Pietsch, Barbara, Fahrleitner-Pammer, Astrid, Schweighofer, Natascha, Portugaller, Horst R, Sourij, Harald, Dobnig, Harald, Meinitzer, Andreas, Pieber, Thomas R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19351411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-9-11