Hyperaldosteronism is when your adrenal glands make too much aldosterone hormone. Learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatment options for this condition today.

Aldosterone is associated with an increased risk of chronic kidney disease progression and the development of end-stage kidney disease, according to data published in the European Heart Journal ...

It’s maybe the low GFR [glomerular filtration rate, a measure of kidney function] that is causing high aldosterone secretion. And the third, most important finding is that, irrespective of ...

Aldosterone is a steroid hormone secreted by the adrenal glands, which sit above the kidneys. Its main role is to regulate salt and water in the body, and so it plays a central role in controlling ...

Aldosterone is a steroid hormone secreted by the adrenal glands, which sit above the kidneys. Its main role is to regulate salt and water in the body, and so it plays a central role in controlling ...

Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, particularly the most recently approved agent finerenone, should play a “central role” in the treatment of diabetic kidney disease and its related ...

(HealthDay News) – For patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, aldosterone blockade with spironolactone improves left ventricular diastolic function, but has no impact on ...

Higher serum aldosterone levels among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are independently associated with an increased risk for CKD progression and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD ...

When aldosterone was analyzed as a dichotomized variable, patients with baseline aldosterone ≥ 104.1 pg/mL showed significantly higher rates of all-cause mortality and first morbid events by ...

Urinary aldosterone determinations revealed grossly elevated levels varying between 66 and 123 microgm. per day. By contrast urinary levels of 17-hydroxycorticoids and 17-ketosteroids were within ...