Growth differentiation factor 15 levels are similar in primary aldosteronism and essential hypertension and do not predict arterial inflammation

J Hypertens. 2021 Mar 1;39(3):593-596. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002727.

Authors

Charlotte D C C van der Heijden^{1

2}, Esther M M Smeets³, Erik H J G Aarntzen³, Marian Wesseling⁴, Saskia C A de Jager⁴, Niels P Riksen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine.
² Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS).
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen.
⁴ Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 33543888
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002727

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aldosterone
Arteritis*
Essential Hypertension
Growth Differentiation Factor 15
Humans
Hyperaldosteronism* / complications
Hyperaldosteronism* / diagnosis
Hypertension* / diagnosis

Substances

GDF15 protein, human
Growth Differentiation Factor 15
Aldosterone