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 ...

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 ...

Preparation of patients with iodine contrast media (ICM) allergy who require adrenal vein sampling (AVS) to establish source of aldosterone excess of their confirmed primary aldosteronism (PA) is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The number of centers with successful [adrenal vein sampling] programs is limited due to the degree of ...

A novel imaging approach, 68 Ga-pentixafor PET/CT, has been shown to accurately identify sub-types of primary aldosteronism (an adrenal gland disorder), outperforming traditional methods for diagnosis ...

In a recent article published in Nature Medicine, researchers performed a prospective within-patient clinical trial, Is Metomidate superior to AVS in predicting ouTComes from adrenalectomy in primary ...

EVEN when the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism is obvious before operation, there is no way to localize the adenoma. Preoperative demonstration of the tumor radiographically, as by retroperitoneal ...

In addition to the lateralization index, the presence of adrenal nodules and contralateral suppression improved diagnostic accuracy of surgically curable aldosteronism. Consideration of contralateral ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation (EUS-RFA), a novel minimally invasive therapy, offered a safe and effective alternative to total adrenalectomy for the treatment of left-sided ...