Adrenal Venous Sampling in Primary Aldosteronism: The Usefulness of Contralateral Suppression Index

Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is the gold standard test to differentiate the unilateral from the bilateral form in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) although it may be a difficult procedure, especially the successful cannulation of the right adrenal vein. In this report, we describe a 49-year...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Natalia Treistman, Aline Barbosa Moraes, Stéphanie Cozzolino, Patrícia de Fatima dos Santos Teixeira, Leonardo Vieira Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1604367