The typical presentation of patients with Liddle syndrome includes early-onset severe hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis in the setting of low plasma renin and aldosterone, low rates ...

A recent study from Geisinger Medical Center has found that two types of drugs used to treat high blood pressure for the ...

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 ...

The investigational aldosterone synthase inhibitor lorundrostat effectively lowered 24-hour BP for adults with well-treated, uncontrolled and “true” treatment-resistant hypertension, according to data ...

Sodium reabsorption is mainly controlled by aldosterone, a steroid hormone synthesized in the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal gland, secondary to renin stimulation via angiotensin II and to ...

That is the conclusion of the Advance-HTN study reported at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting, which found ...