Pearl of the Day 8/28/2014 “Of the 62 patients who underwent a unilateral adrenalectomy, 46 (74 %) had an adrenal adenoma, 14 (22 %) a hyperplasia, and the adrenal gland was normal in two cases. Hypertension was cured in 24 cases (38 %), and 28 patients (45 %) showed improvement with a reduction in AM. Predictive factors for a cure were gender, age, number of preoperative AMs, preoperative arterial systolic blood pressure, and plasma renin activity.” Is Adrenal Venous Sampling Mandatory before Surgical Decision in Case of Primary Hyperaldosteronism? Pirvu A et a. World J Surg. 2014 Jan 31. [Epub ahead of print]
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