Validation of the Aldosteronoma Resolution Score Within Current Clinical Practice

Introduction Complete resolution of hypertension after adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism is far from a certainty. This stresses the importance of adequate preoperative patient counseling. The aldosteronoma resolution score (ARS) is a simple and easy to use prediction model only including four variables: ≤ 2 antihypertensive medications, body mass index ≤ 25 kg/m 2 , duration of hypertension ≤ 6 years and female sex. However, because the...