P rimary hyperaldosteronism in pregnancy is a rarely reported clinical entity that may result in life-threatening complications both for mother and the fetus and is most often caused by an aldosterone producing aden oma (APA). The physiologic rise in aldosterone during pregnancy overlaps the levels seen in primary aldosteronism, making diagnosis difficult. Suppressed renin in the setting of hyp...

Primary hyperaldosteronism is one of the most common causes of secondary hypertension but clear differentiation between its various subtypes can be a clinical challenge. We report the case of a 37-year-old African-American woman with refractory hypertension who was admitted to our hospital for palpitations, shortness of breath and headache. Her laboratory results showed hypokalaemia and an elev...

Purpose : to investigate the prognostic value of secondary hyperaldosteronism patients with heart failure preserved ejection fraction. Materials and methods prospective cohort study included 158 Baseline blood aldosterone levels were determined in all patients. Hyperaldosteronemia was diagnosed when plasma level > 160 pg/ml. The primary endpoint all-cause mortality. Results at baseline, hype...