Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
Correspondence to Tetsuo Nishikawa, MD, PhD, Endocrinology and Diabetes Center, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, 3211 Kozukue-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa 222-0036, Japan. Tel: +81 454748111; fax: +81 454748323; e-mail: [email protected]
Abbreviations: ACTH, adrenocorticotropic hormone; APA, aldosterone-producing adenoma; ARR, aldosterone-to-renin ratio; ARS, aldosterone resolution score; ATP1A1, ATPase Na+/K+ transporting subunit alpha 1; ATP2B3, ATPase plasma membrane Ca2+ transporting 3; AVS, adrenal-venous sampling; baPWV, brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity; CACNA1D, calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 D; CT, computed tomography; CTNNB1, catenin beta 1; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; KCNJ5, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily J member 5; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; MRA, mineral corticoid receptor antagonist; PAC, plasma aldosterone concentration; PRA, plasma renin activity; SBP, systolic blood pressure
Received 4 April, 2017
Revised 7 July, 2017
Accepted 1 September, 2017
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