Sentences with phrase «primary aldosterone»
The Endocrine Society recommends primary aldosterone screening for people who meet one of the following criteria:
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A late - breaking clinical trial, known as the Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure with an Aldosterone Antagonist (TOPCAT) trial, to be presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions, November 18, 2013, demonstrates that spironolactone did not reduce the primary outcome of cardiovascular death, heart failure hospitalization, nor surviving a cardiac arrest in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (pump function).
People who have primary adrenal insufficiency and a confirmed aldosterone deficiency should undergo replacement therapy — typically with the synthetic hormone fludrocortisone — to maintain the body's salt and water balance.
When the increase of aldosterone is caused by a problem in your adrenals, the condition is called primary aldosteronism.
Reduced secretion of aldosterone (a steroid hormone secreted by the Adrenal Cortex); which is the primary mineralocorticoid of the adrenal glands can cause a severe imbalance of minerals in the body; such as potassium, chloride and sodium.