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Aldosterone Uses - Articles
Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism
by
Matt S.
Posted
Thu 01 May 2008 12:00am
Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism (GRA) is an inherited autosomal dominant disorder which causes early-onset (often childhood) high blood pressure, often occuring in individuals with Celtic ancestry.
It typically presents with standard symptoms of aldosteronism (hypertension, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis) with a high aldostero ...
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Why doesn’t aldosterone secretion depend on ACTH?
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pathologystudent
Posted
Sun 13 Feb 2011 5:23am
Q. I have a question about the secretion of aldosterone that I haven’t been able to figure out by searching online or looking in books (maybe I’m looking in the wrong places!). My question stems from my understanding that aldosterone is one of the end products in the pathway starting with cholesterol. We learned from you, and other pr ...
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Aldosterone: the hormone we never knew we had
by
Flower Spy
Posted
Wed 12 Nov 2008 12:00am
Aldosterone is being over produced in my left adrenal. I had no idea what it was until I was diagnosed with this disease back in July. Wanting to learn as much as I could about this weirdly named hormone, I did some research to find out what its role was in my adrenals and what happens when too much of it is being produced.
The definition:
Al ...
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Basic Review: The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Axis
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Matt S.
Posted
Thu 27 Aug 2009 12:00am
One of the coolest aspects of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is that it involves multiple organ systems: the liver, lung, adrenal gland, kidney, and vasculature are all prominently involved. It never hurts to review basic physiologic principles, right? Listed are the three main components of the RAAS and their main mechan ...
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Evaluation of primary aldosteronism: seeing is not believing
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Matt S.
Posted
Wed 02 Feb 2011 5:00am
As you would have likely guessed by looking at the picture to the left we often tend to believe what we see without giving much thought. This is frequently true in the evaluation and management of patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) where the diagnostic tests are frequently misinterpreted and findings on imaging studies such as CT and MRI ...
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From the RFN Archives: Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism
by
Matt S.
Posted
Mon 19 Sep 2011 6:15pm
Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism (GRA) is an inherited autosomal dominant disorder which causes early-onset (often childhood) high blood pressure, often occuring in individuals with Celtic ancestry.
It typically presents with standard symptoms of aldosteronism (hypertension, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis) with a high aldoster ...
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A critical approach to management of Refractory cardiac failure !
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Dr. Sangareddi V.
Posted
Sun 15 Jul 2012 11:30am
Caution: This is a fairly lengthy article . Optimal Reading time 15 minutes
Cardiac failure is a progressive systemic disease , even though the primary problem originates in the heart .Most of the symptoms and clinical features are related to Neuro-Endocrine activation instigated by poor pumping function.When the diminishing cardiac ...
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All About Pregnancy
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Sharon LaMothe
Posted
Mon 22 Jun 2009 11:17am
2 Comments
We don't have many articles regarding pregnancy and all that it entails so when I found this on the Internet I thought I would post it here! If you have anything to add please send a comment!
Sharon LaMothe
Infertility Answers, Inc.
http://infertilityanswers.org/
LaMothe Services, LLC
http://lamotheservices.com/
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