Genetic mechanisms of primary aldosteronism.

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Primary aldosteronism (PA) represents the leading cause of secondary hypertension, resulting from autonomous aldosterone production driven in the majority of cases by a lateralized aldosterone-producing adenoma or by bilateral adrenal hyperplasia. Its frequency increases in parallel with hypertension severity, reaching a prevalence of up to 25% of patients with treatment resistant hypertension. Advances in our...

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