Louisiane Courcelles, Maria Stoenoiu, Vincent Haufroid, Marilucy Lopez-Sublet, Lidvine Boland, Loris Wauthier, Christophe Beauloye, Dominique Maiter, Andrzej Januszewicz, Reinhold Kreutz, Alexandre Persu, Damien Gruson
BACKGROUND: Secondary hypertension (SH) is a form of high blood pressure caused by an identifiable underlying condition. Although, it accounts for a small fraction of the overall hypertensive population, detection and management of SH is of utmost importance, because SH phenotypes carry a high cardiovascular risk and can possibly be cured by timely treatment. CONTENT: This review focuses on the endocrine causes of SH, such as primary aldosteronism, Cushing syndrome, thyroid disease, pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma, acromegaly, and rare monogenic forms...
March 14, 2024: Clinical Chemistry