Dien Yan, Xiaofan Zou, Xiao Li, Qiao Zeng, Hongbing He, Jianping Guo, Yulan Wang, Huanhuan Zheng, Jinxiang Fu, Meili Wang, Danping Peng, Xiaozi Zhou, Xian Luo, Jiahua Luo, Shaofen Li, Jinping Liu, Pingsheng Hu, Yunfeng Shen
BACKGROUND: Patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) combined with resistant hypertension (RH) have a high risk of developing primary aldosteronism (PA). This study investigated the aldosterone-renin ratio (ARR), plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC), and plasma renin activity (PRA) to determine the optimal cutoff values for PA diagnosis in patients with OSAHS combined with RH. METHODS: Patients diagnosed with moderate and severe OSAHS combined with RH were recruited from the inpatient clinic of the Department of Endocrinology at Ji'an Central Hospital between October 2020 and April 2023...
2024: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine