Diagnosis of Secondary Forms of Hypertension

28 March 1977

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA)

Vol. 237 (13) , 1331-1335
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1977.03270400035014

Abstract

An efficient protocol for the evaluation of hypertensive cases included renal arteriography, suppression and stimulation of the renin-aldosterone system, and, when indicated, renal venous renin measurements. It permitted identification of 38 patients with renal artery stenosis, 28 with primary aldosteronism, and 51 with high renin, 92 with normal renin, and 27 with low renin essential hypertension. (JAMA237:1331-1335, 1977)

Keywords

HYPERTENSION
RENIN ALDOSTERONE
RENAL ARTERY
SECONDARY FORMS
HYPERTENSIVE CASES
HIGH RENIN
LOW RENIN
RENIN ESSENTIAL
PERMITTED IDENTIFICATION
EFFICIENT PROTOCOL

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New England Journal of Medicine, 1974
Aldosteronism Updated
Journal of Urology, 1973
Adrenal mineralocorticoids causing hypertension
The American Journal of Medicine, 1972