Prevalence and Clinical Manifestations of Primary Aldosteronism Encountered in Primary Care Practice

Despite being widely recognized as the most common form of secondary hypertension, among the general hypertensive population the true prevalence of primary aldosteronism (PA) and its main subtypes, aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) and bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (BAH), remains a matter of debate.This study sought to determine the prevalence and clinical phenotype of PA in a large cohort of unselected patients with hypertension,...