Why the study?
Does dietary salt intake affect left ventricular mass in patients with primary aldosteronism?
Does dietary salt intake affect left ventricular mass in patients with primary aldosteronism?
Dietary salt restriction may reduce cardiovascular risk in patients with primary aldosteronism by limiting left ventricular mass increase.
Hypothesis-generating for salt restriction in primary aldosteronism; leaves open whether it improves outcomes.
These findings emphasize the importance of dietary sodium in determining the degree of cardiac damage in those patients with PA, and we suggest that aldosterone excess may play a permissive role. In patients with PA, because a high-salt diet is associated with greater LVM, dietary salt restriction might reduce cardiovascular risk.
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