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Screening Rates for Primary Aldosteronism Among Individuals With Hypertension Plus Hypokalemia: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
- Source :
- Hypertension
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Primary aldosteronism is a common, yet highly underdiagnosed, cause of hypertension that leads to disproportionately high rates of cardiovascular disease. Hypertension plus hypokalemia is a guideline-recommended indication to screen for primary aldosteronism, yet the uptake of this recommendation at the population level remains unknown. We performed a population-based retrospective cohort study of adults ≥18 years old in Ontario, Canada, with hypertension plus hypokalemia (potassium
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Hypokalemia
Population based
Disease
Article
chemistry.chemical_compound
Primary aldosteronism
Hyperaldosteronism
Renin
Internal Medicine
medicine
Humans
Aldosterone
Antihypertensive Agents
Aged
Retrospective Studies
High rate
business.industry
Retrospective cohort study
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
chemistry
Hypertension
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15244563
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....62ed5c06c7c54c77edc0dc03dc6a6cc5