Ko Aiga, Mitsuhiro Kometani, Shigehiro Karashima, Seigo Konishi, Takuya Higashitani, Daisuke Aono, Xurong Mai, Mikiya Usukura, Takahiro Asano, Ayako Wakayama, Yuko Noda, Wataru Koda, Tetsuya Minami, Satoshi Kobayashi, Toshinori Murayama, Takashi Yoneda
This study assessed the clinical performance of point-of-care testing (POCT) for quick cortisol assay (QCA) during adrenal vein sampling (AVS) using a newly invented portable quantitative assay instrument. An observational study was conducted prospectively at two centres in Japan. Forty-eight patients with primary aldosteronism considered for adrenalectomy were enrolled in this study and underwent AVS. Three basal adrenal vein samples from each adrenal vein and two from the inferior vena cava were collected sequentially...
December 16, 2023: Scientific Reports