Key result
A 37-year-old woman with primary aldosteronism exhibited elevated plasma renin activity during toxemia of pregnancy and died from a dissecting aortic aneurysm approximately two years after delivery.
Population
37-year-old Japanese woman with primary aldosteronism and toxemia of pregnancy
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
about 2 years
Authors
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Alerts to aortic risk in aldosteronism post-pregnancy; leaves open renin activity's role in dissection.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the risk of dissecting aortic aneurysm in patients with primary aldosteronism and the diagnostic challenges of assessing plasma renin activity during pregnancy.
Shimizu et al. (1983) conducted a case report in Primary aldosteronism, toxemia of pregnancy, dissecting aortic aneurysm (n=1). Primary aldosteronism and toxemia of pregnancy was evaluated on Development and rupture of dissecting aortic aneurysm. A 37-year-old woman with primary aldosteronism exhibited elevated plasma renin activity during toxemia of pregnancy and died from a dissecting aortic aneurysm approximately two years after delivery.
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