New Releases from NCBI BookshelfMolecular imaging is non-inferior to adrenal vein sampling for diagnosing surgically curable primary aldosteronism: a prospective, within-patient study.​Molecular imaging is non-inferior to adrenal vein sampling for diagnosing surgically curable primary aldosteronism: a prospective, within-patient study.

Primary aldosteronism due to a unilateral aldosterone-producing adenoma is a common cause of hypertension. This can be cured or greatly improved by adrenal surgery. However, the invasive nature of the standard presurgical investigation contributes to fewer than 1% of patients with primary aldosteronism being offered the chance of a cure.

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