Room for improvement in adrenal vein sampling

More patients could be cured of primary aldosteronism if it were done better, authors say
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Kidneys and adrenal glands

Adrenal vein sampling is associated with significant clinical benefits in patients with primary aldosteronism, but its use is suboptimal, a study shows.

US Endocrine Society guidelines advocate the use of adrenal vein sampling to decide whether primary aldosteronism is unilateral or bilateral.