Authors
Gian Paolo Rossi, Marlena Barisa, Bruno Allolio, Richard J Auchus, Laurence Amar, Debbie Cohen, Christoph Degenhart, Jaap Deinum, Evelyn Fischer, Richard Gordon, Ralph Kickuth, Gregory Kline, Andre Lacroix, Steven Magill, Diego Miotto, Mitsuhide Naruse, Tetsuo Nishikawa, Masao Omura, Eduardo Pimenta, Pierre-François Plouin, Marcus Quinkler, Martin Reincke, Ermanno Rossi, Lars Christian Rump, Fumitoshi Satoh, Leo Schultze Kool, Teresa Maria Seccia, Michael Stowasser, Akiyo Tanabe, Scott Trerotola, Oliver Vonend, Jiri Widimsky, Kwan-Dun Wu, Vin-Cent Wu, Achille Cesare Pessina
Publication date
2012/3/7
Journal
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology
Volume
97
Issue
5
Pages
1606-1614
Publisher
Endocrine Society
Description
Context
In patients who seek surgical cure of primary aldosteronism (PA), The Endocrine Society Guidelines recommend the use of adrenal vein sampling (AVS), which is invasive, technically challenging, difficult to interpret, and commonly held to be risky.
Objective
The aim of this study was to determine the complication rate of AVS and the ways in which it is performed and interpreted at major referral centers.
Design and Settings
The Adrenal Vein Sampling International Study is an observational, retrospective, multicenter study conducted at major referral centers for endocrine hypertension worldwide.
Participants
Eligible centers were identified from those that had published on PA and/or AVS in the last decade.
Main Outcome Measure
The protocols, interpretation, and costs of AVS were measured, as well as the rate of adrenal vein rupture and the rate of use of AVS.
Results
Twenty of 24 eligible centers from Asia …
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Scholar articles
GP Rossi, M Barisa, B Allolio, RJ Auchus, L Amar… - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology, 2012