Efficacy of Oral Furosemide Test for Primary Aldosteronism Diagnosis

Confirmatory tests represent a fundamental step in primary aldosteronism (PA) diagnosis, but they are laborious and often require a hospital environment due to the risks involved. To evaluate the efficacy of oral furosemide as a new confirmatory test for PA diagnosis. We prospectively evaluated the...

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Published in:Journal of the Endocrine Society 2023-12, Vol.8 (1), p.bvad147-bvad147
Main Authors: Freitas, Thais C, Maciel, Ana Alice W, Fagundes, Gustavo F C, Petenuci, Janaina, Santana, Lucas S, Guimaraes, Augusto G, Freitas-Castro, Felipe, Srougi, Victor, Tanno, Fabio Y, Chambo, Jose L, Pereira, Maria Adelaide A, Brito, Luciana P, Pio-Abreu, Andrea, Bortolotto, Luiz A, Latronico, Ana Claudia, Fragoso, Maria Candida B V, Drager, Luciano F, Mendonca, Berenice B, Almeida, Madson Q
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Language:English
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Captopril
Comparative analysis
Fludrocortisone
Furosemide
Hyperaldosteronism
Hypertension
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Summary:Confirmatory tests represent a fundamental step in primary aldosteronism (PA) diagnosis, but they are laborious and often require a hospital environment due to the risks involved. To evaluate the efficacy of oral furosemide as a new confirmatory test for PA diagnosis. We prospectively evaluated the diagnostic performance of 80 mg of oral furosemide in 64 patients with PA and 22 with primary hypertension (controls). Direct renin concentration (DRC) was measured before, and 2 hours and 3 hours after the oral furosemide. In addition, the oral furosemide test was compared with 2 other confirmatory tests: the furosemide upright test (FUT) and saline infusion test (SIT) or captopril challenge test (CCT) in all patients with PA. The cut-off of 7.6 µU/mL for DRC at 2 hours after oral furosemide had a sensitivity of 92%, specificity of 82%, and accuracy of 90% for PA diagnosis. In 5 out of 6 controls with low-renin hypertension, which might represent a PA spectrum, renin remained suppressed. Excluding these 6 controls with low-renin hypertension, the DRC cut-off of 10 µU/mL at 2 hours after oral furosemide had a sensitivity of 95.3%, specificity of 93.7% and accuracy of 95% for PA diagnosis. DRC after 3 hours of oral furosemide did not improve diagnostic performance. Using the cut-off of 10 µU/mL, the oral furosemide test and the FUT were concordant in 62 out of 64 (97%) patients with PA. Only 4 out of 64 cases with PA (6.4%) ended the oral furosemide test with potassium
ISSN:2472-1972
2472-1972
DOI:10.1210/jendso/bvad147