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Endokrine Hypertonie // Endocrine Hypertension Journal für Hypertonie - Austrian Journal of Hypertension 2019; 23 (1): 25-34 Volltext (PDF) Summary Abbildungen
Keywords: Diagnostik, Phäochromozytom, primärer Hyperaldosteronismus, sekundäre Hypertonie, Therapie, diagnostic, pheochromocytoma, primary hyperaldosteronism, secondary hypertension, therapy Endocrine hypertension is the most frequent cause of secondary hypertension affecting approximately 5 to 15% of hypertensive patients. Early diagnosis and therapy of endocrine forms of hypertension can partially or totally cure arterial hypertension thus translating into significantly reduced morbidity and mortality. Primary aldosteronism (PA) is by far the most common endocrine form of hypertension with a prevalence of about 5 to 10% in hypertensive patients. In general, diagnostics for endocrine hypertension should only be performed in case of a high clinical suspicion, but for PA a wide screening in about every second hypertensive patients (in particular in resistant hypertension) is recommended. The barrier to diagnostic procedures for pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma should also be low. Although endocrine forms of hypertension are very common, many affected patients are not or too late diagnosed and treated, and it is estimated that over 90% of PA cases remain unrecognized. Therefore, actions are required to close this diagnostic and treatment gap in order to improve the outcome of patients with arterial hypertension.
Kurzfassung: Die endokrine Hypertonie ist die häufigste sekundäre Hypertonieform und betrifft ca. 5 bis 15 % aller hypertensiven Patienten. Eine frühzeitige Diagnosestellung und Therapie von sekundären Hypertonieformen kann zu einer partiellen oder vollständigen Heilung der arteriellen Hypertonie führen und bewirkt folglich auch eine signifikante Reduktion von Morbidität und Mortalität. |