Interní Med. 2012; 14(4): 169-170

Hypertension caused by primary aldosteronism. Is diagnostics always easy?

MUDr.Jitka Seidlerová, Ph.D., prof.MUDr.Jan Filipovský, CSc.
Centrum pro výzkum a léčbu arteriální hypertenze, II. interní klinika LF a FN v Plzni

Endocrine diseases cause approximately one third of secondary hypertension cases. Primary aldosteronism is group of diseases characterized

by autonomous hypersecretion of aldosterone independent on renin production and unsuppressed by salt intake. We report

case of women with resistant hypertension and hypokalemia with diagnosed Conn syndrome.

Keywords: primary aldosteronism, secondary hypertension

Published: April 23, 2012  Show citation

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