The aldosterone-renin ratio (ARR) has gained popularity as a screening test for primary hyperaldosteronism, a probably underdiagnosed cause of hypertension. However, studies have yielded varying ...
What Is an Aldosterone Test? If you’re having any blood pressure problems, your doctor might order an aldosterone test to help them figure out what’s going on. An aldosterone test measures the ...
Between 30-50% of adults with hypertension have OSA, and this number increases to between 70-80% in adults with resistant hypertension. Additionally, untreated moderate-to-severe OSA increases the ...
The activated neurohormones angiotensin II, aldosterone, and norepinephrine promote tubular sodium reabsorption, [11,12,13] thus contributing to rebound sodium retention. Consequently, if a ...