Diagnostic Role of Captopril Challenge Test in Korean Subjects with High Aldosterone-to-Renin Ratios

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of primary aldosteronism (PA) begins with aldosterone-to-renin ratio (ARR) measurement followed by confirmative tests. However, the ARR has high false positive rates which led to unnecessary confirmatory tests. Captopril challenge test (CCT) has been used as one of confirmatory...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jung Hee, Park, Kyeong Seon, Hong, A Ram, Shin, Chan Soo, Kim, Seong Yeon, Kim, Sang Wan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Endocrine Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4923412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27184013
http://dx.doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2016.31.2.277

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4923412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27184013
http://dx.doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2016.31.2.277

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