Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adrenal vein sampling (AVS) is often touted as a “gold standard” method to select patients for the surgical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Adrenal vein sampling is often touted as a “gold standard” method to select patients for the surgical ...

Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is the criterion standard to distinguish between unilateral and bilateral adrenal disease in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA). The femoral vein is the only ...

For patients allergic to iodine contrast media (ICM), dexamethasone premedication prior to adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is a safe and more effective alternative to prednisone and other approaches ...

Thus, many experts recommend routine adrenal vein sampling for all patients with Conn Syndrome who are otherwise appropriate candidates for adrenalectomy. Through femoral vein access, blood from the ...

A novel imaging approach, 68 Ga-pentixafor PET/CT, has been shown to accurately identify sub-types of primary aldosteronism (an adrenal gland disorder), outperforming traditional methods for diagnosis ...

The sensitivity and specificity of liquid biopsy might be improved through selective venous sampling according to an article in press in The Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. The ...

Performance of 68 Ga-pentixafor PET/CT in PA patients with different adrenal micronodules. MIP = maximum-intensity projection; NFN = nonfunctioning nodule. Primary aldosteronism is an endocrine ...