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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Veröffentlicht in:Endocrinol Metab (Seoul)
Hauptverfasser: Kim, Jung Hee, Park, Kyeong Seon, Hong, A Ram, Shin, Chan Soo, Kim, Seong Yeon, Kim, Sang Wan
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Korean Endocrine Society 2016
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4923412/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27184013
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2016.31.2.277
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