Adrenal Hypertension: Aspects of Laboratory Examination

Abstract

The need for a correct choice of managing patients with hypertension is due to the possible development of heart failure and cardiovascular complications. Excluding adrenal pathology is one of the important steps in diagnosing the cause of secondary hypertension, when the main role belongs to the methods of laboratory diagnostics.

Keywords

• hypertension
• adrenal glands
• cortisol
• aldosterone
• renin
• metanephrines