...Yoshihide Kawasaki; Shigeto Ishidoya; Ryo Morimoto; Yoshikiyo Ono; Kei Omata; Yuta Tezuka; Naoki Kawamorita; Shinichi Yamashita; Koji Mitsuzuka; Fumitoshi Satoh; Akihiro Ito Objective: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LADX) improves hypertension in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA). However...

... of aldosterone excess. We can hypothesize that aldosterone excess for a long time could induce detrimental and irreversible effects on the cardiovascular system and renal function, just as discussed above. Primary aldosteronism Hypertension Adrenalectomy Adrenal gland Primary aldosteronism first...

... in computed tomography. We report a rare case of a 29-year-old man with biochemically proven primary aldosteronism as the unique manifestation of a carcinoma of the right adrenal cortex. 13 02 1995 3 04 1995 3 2 2010 © 1995 S. Karger AG, Basel 1995 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer...

...Teruhiro Nakada; Hiroshi Koike; Takashi Katayama Of 15 patients with primary aldosteronism, 7 had idiopathic adrenal hyperplasia (IHA) and 8 had aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA). In order to determine any renal problems involved in the treatment, the renal clearance of these patients...

...T. Murayama; K. Kawabe; T. Niijima 32 patients with primary aldosteronism due to adrenal adenoma were studied to elucidate the relationship between blood pressure (BP) and renal functions before and after the removal of aldosteronoma. The relationship between either BP or renal functions...

...Teruhiro Nakada Following 7 days on a low sodium diet, a regular sodium diet or a high sodium diet each, urine samples were collected from 37 subjects in the final days of each sodium treatment. Urinary kallikrein excretion was determined in 9 patients with primary aldosteronism, 15 normal subjects...

...Yoshio Aso; Kenji Kinoshita In 24 cases of primary aldosteronism and 30 cases of Cushing’s syndrome, the incidence of preoperative hypertension and postoperative improvement of hypertension was investigated. All the cases of primary aldosteronism showed preoperative hypertension. Postoperative...

...S. Shishito; H. Watanabe A simplified and standardized pre- and post-operative electrolyte supplement technique for primary aldosteronism was discussed from the data of balance study on 32 cases treated in our clinic since 1957. Results were summarized as follows: (1) During few days after removal...