DOIM GR 5/16: A Practical Approach to the Occult Epidemic of Aldosterone-Mediated Hypertension

VCU DOIM Medical Grand Rounds, May 16, 2024
Title: Blackard Lecture: A Practical Approach to the Occult Epidemic of Aldosterone-Mediated Hypertension
Speaker: Richard J. Auchus, MD, PhD, FACE, The James A. Shayman and Andrea S. Kevrick Professor of Translational Medicine Professor of Pharmacology and Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, & Diabetes, University of Michigan, Chief, Endocrinology & Metabolism Section, LTC Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Learning Objectives:
1. To interpret screening, confirmatory, and localization tests for primary aldosteronism.
2. To identify patients with low renin and non-suppressed aldosterone who will benefit from further evaluation.
3. To recognize low-renin mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonist-responsive hypertension.
4. To titrate mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonist therapy using biochemical and clinical parameters.