Selective blood sampling in adrenal hypertension.
Selective venous blood sampling was performed in 89 patients with hypertension (14 pheochromocytoma, 10 Conn's syndrome, 8 Cushing's disease, 57 essential hypertension). We looked for diagnostic criteria and the valuability of blood sampling from the adrenal veins in such diseases. Defining a norepinephrine concentration of more than 8,000 ng/l as pathological, we had an accuracy of 94.6%. Defining an aldosterone concentration of more than 1,400 pg/ml as pathological, we had an accuracy of 97.4%. In Cushing's disease this method was not very helpful due to overlapping results.
D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000097:blood; D000328:Adult; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000097:blood; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000097:blood; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000097:blood
D000450:Aldosterone; D006854:Hydrocortisone; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine