Chin-Chi Kuo, Vin-Cent Wu, Kuo-How Huang, So-Mong Wang, Chin-Chen Chang, Ching-Chu Lu, Wei-Shun Yang, Ching-Wei Tsai, Chun-Fu Lai, Tzong-Yann Lee, Wei-Chou Lin, Ming-Shou Wu, Yen-Hung Lin, Tzong-Shinn Chu, Chien-Yu Lin, Hung-Wei Chang, Wei-Jei Wang, Tze-Wah Kao, Shih-Chieh Chueh, Kwan-Dun Wu, Taipai Study Group
OBJECTIVE: Current data on primary aldosteronism (PA) from Asian populations are scarce. This cohort study clarifies the attributes of patients with PA in a typical Chinese population. DESIGN: An observational cohort study. METHODS: The records of patients referred to the Hypertension Clinic from a multi-centre registration in Taiwan from January 1995 to December 2007 were reviewed. All patients with PA were classified into two subtypes: aldosterone-producing adenomas (APA) and idiopathic hyperaldosteronism (IHA); their characteristics were compared...
September 2011: Journal of the Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone System: JRAAS