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braindrain_94 t1_j4xlivr wrote
Reply to comment by darwinwoodka in New CT scan helps detect curable form of high blood pressure by giuliomagnifico
No but it’s the first step. And it’s important because you need to make sure there’s actually increased aldosterone causing the hypertension because increased renin will do that as well (e.g. from renal artery stenosis). There’s several causes of secondary hypertension- it doesn’t always localize to the adrenal gland.
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