title: [Arterial hypertension with hypokalemia].
abstract: After a careful review of the literature on physiopathological role of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in cases of arterial hypertension with hypokalaemia, a simple diagnostic procedure is suggested to differentiate between this and secondary hypertensions which, though few, are often curable. Three clinical cases examined in the medical department of Casalpusterlengo Hospital are presented in which the study of the renin-angiotensin system proved decisive for a correct diagnosis of the hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Medicina Generale, Ospedale Civile, Casalpusterlengo, Milano.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Montanari
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zanaletti
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Quadrelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Battista
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ongis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fraschini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zinzalini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abbiati
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006035:Glycyrrhiza; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Ipertensione arteriosa con ipopotassiemia.