Plasma renin activity in the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism: failure to distinguish primary aldosteronism from essential hypertension

1969 ◽  
Vol 123 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Jose
Keyword(s):  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Plasma Renin Activity ◽  
Primary Aldosteronism ◽  
Plasma Renin ◽  
Renin Activity

scholarly journals A simplified screening test for differentiating primary aldosteronism from essential hypertension with low plasma renin activity.

1980 ◽  
Vol 44 (9) ◽  
pp. 719-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASANOBU HONDA ◽  
YOICHI IZUMI ◽  
MAKOTO TSUCHIYA ◽  
YASUHISA UEDA ◽  
HIDETO WATANABE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Plasma Renin Activity ◽  
Primary Aldosteronism ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Plasma Renin ◽  
Renin Activity

Urinary Kallikrein Excretion and Plasma Renin Activity in Patients with Essential Hypertension and Primary Aldosteronism

1978 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Lechi ◽  
G. Covi ◽  
C. Lechi ◽  
A. Corgnati ◽  
E. Arosio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Plasma Renin Activity ◽  
Primary Aldosteronism ◽  
Renin Angiotensin System ◽  
Plasma Renin ◽  
Renin Activity ◽  
Urinary Kallikrein ◽  
Hypertensive Patients ◽  
Urinary Kallikrein Excretion ◽  
Low Renin Hypertension

1. The 24 h urinary excretion of kallikrein has been studied in 40 normotensive control subjects and in 74 age-matched patients with essential hypertension under similar conditions. By use of the renin-sodium index, hypertensive patients were divided into two subgroups: low-renin hypertension and normal-renin hypertension patients. Urinary kallikrein determinations were also obtained from six hypertensive patients with primary aldosteronism. 2. Urinary kallikrein was significantly lower both in patients with normal-renin and low-renin essential hypertension. Urinary kallikrein excretion was very high in the patients with primary aldosteronism. 3. In nine hypertensive patients β-adrenoreceptor-blocking therapy caused a significant decrease of plasma renin activity, but had no significant effect on urinary kallikrein excretion. 4. The results support the concept that low urinary kallikrein is likely to be a marker of essential hypertension. Under certain conditions its excretion is positively related to mineralocorticoid hormone concentrations but it is not primarily related to the renin-angiotensin system.

Dependence of plasma renin activity on prostaglandin excretion in essential hypertension

1978 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauli Yuitalo ◽  
Heikki Vapaatalo ◽  
Timo Metsä-Ketelä ◽  
Timo Pitkäjärvi
Keyword(s):  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Plasma Renin Activity ◽  
Plasma Renin ◽  
Renin Activity
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