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Dexamethasone a Safe Premedication Option for Patients With Primary Aldosteronism Who Are Allergic to Iodine Contrast Media

For patients allergic to iodine contrast media (ICM), dexamethasone premedication prior to adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is a safe and more effective alternative to prednisone and other approaches ...
Healio

Adrenal vein sampling may expose patients with primary aldosteronism to excess radiation

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adrenal vein sampling (AVS) is often touted as a “gold standard” method to select patients for the surgical ...
Healio

ACTH in adrenal vein sampling reduces apparent bilateral aldosterone suppression

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with primary aldosteronism undergoing adrenal vein sampling, the administration of ...
Nature

Uncertainty in the selective use of adrenal vein sampling

Primary aldosteronism typically presents as resistant hypertension and hypokalemia and is the most common form of secondary hypertension, with a prevalence of 1–10% of hypertensive patients in ...