Chongqing Primary Aldosteronism Study

Chongqing Primary Aldosteronism Study

We intends to conduct a series of original clinical research about PA, and establish a large cohort of PA and essential hypertension patients with long-term follow-up of cardiovascular events, renal end points etc. We will establish a large sample of blood, urine, adrenal tissue of the subjects, and the genomics,metabonomics, proteomics database, to explore the mechanism of the PA and target organ damage, risk factors, diagnostic methods and biomarkers.

This study will include the subjects of a series of studies on hypertension conducted by our team, including essential hypertension, PA subjects, and establish a large sample database and specimen bank through follow-up and omics analysis.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. hypertensive patients who completed ARR screening and necessary further tests;
2. Voluntary to sign the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. patients with severe cardiac, hepatic or renal dysfunction;
2. suspicious or confirmed other types of secondary hypertension, including Cushing's syndrome, pheochromocytoma and renal artery stenosis et al.