[Excretion of aldosterone in the urine, renin activity in the plasma and some indices of the metabolism of potassium and sodium in patients with the iodiopathic edema syndrome].
It appeared that urinary aldosterone excretion was increased in 23 of 35 patients with a syndrome of idiopathic edema.  The plasma renin activity failed to differ from the norm; consequently it can be supposed that the renin-angiotensin system played no significant role in the mechanism of hyperaldosteronism development in this form of pathology.  A negative sodium balance was revealed in some of the patients with an edema syndrome and hyperaldosteronism.
D000328:Adult; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000652:urine*; D004487:Edema / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood*; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood*; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
D000450:Aldosterone; D012964:Sodium; D012083:Renin; D011188:Potassium
Ekskretsiia al'dosterona s mochoĭ, aktivnost' renina v plazme i nekotorye pokazateli obmena kaliia i natriia u bol'nykh s sindromom idiopaticheskikh otekov