Question 360 · LEK · Hyperaldosteronism
The aldosterone-to-renin ratio is used as a screening test in the diagnostics of:
- A. renal artery stenosis.
- B. Conn syndrome.
- C. pheochromocytoma.
- D. effectiveness of aldosterone antagonist therapy.
- E. A and D are true.
Hint
Think of the condition in which autonomous aldosterone secretion suppresses renin.
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