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Publikováno v:
Expert review of endocrinologymetabolism. 9(2)
The current work-up of a patient suspected to have a pheochromocytoma starts with the measurement of plasma or urine metanephrines. Notably, up to a quarter of these patients will have a false positive result. When the plasma or urine metanephrines a
Autor:
George Thomas, Douglas E. Moul, Emmanuel L. Bravo, Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, Reena Mehra, Harneet K. Walia, Sandra D. Griffith
Publikováno v:
Chest. 149:747-755
Clinic-based effectiveness studies of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) treatment in reducing BP in resistant hypertension (RHTN) vs non-RHTN are sparse. We hypothesize that CPAP use in SDB reduces BP significantly in RHTN and non-RHTN in a large clin
Publikováno v:
NDT Plus
Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine-producing tumor that is often considered in a differential diagnosis of secondary hypertension but rarely diagnosed. The tumor is composed of chromaffin cells responsible for producing catecholamines. The classic t
Autor:
Howard S. Levin, Kevin M. Pantalone, Allan Siperstein, Charles Faiman, Amir H. Hamrahian, Adriana G. Ioachimescu, Laura B. Shepardson, Eren Berber, Emmanuel L. Bravo, Erick M. Remer, Thottathil Gopan
Publikováno v:
Endocrine Practice. 16:577-587
To assess the value of adrenal mass absolute growth, growth rate, and percentage growth rate on serial imaging for distinguishing benign from malignant adrenal masses.We retrospectively reviewed the Cleveland Clinic medical record data on 136 adrenal
Autor:
Emmanuel L. Bravo
Publikováno v:
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)
Autor:
Jihad H. Kaouk, Monish Aron, Osamu Ukimura, Ali Moinzadeh, Antonio Finelli, Emmanuel L. Bravo, Inderbir S. Gill, Mauricio Rubinstein, Anoop M. Meraney, Mihir M. Desai, Mete Kilciler
Publikováno v:
Journal of Urology. 173:38-41
We report on a prospective randomized comparison of transperitoneal versus retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for renal tumor.Between June 1999 and June 2001, 102 consecutive eligible patients with a computerized tomography identified r
Autor:
Emmanuel L. Bravo
Publikováno v:
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 970:1-10
Pheochromocytoma and paragangliomas are rare tumors of chromaffin tissue that secrete catecholamines either intermittently or continuously, producing hypertension with a constellation of symptoms and signs that can be frightening to the patient and t
Autor:
Emmanuel L. Bravo
Publikováno v:
Current Hypertension Reports. 3:406-409
Most forms of primary aldosteronism are surgically correctable. However, when surgery is not appropriate, medical management is just as effective in correcting the pathophysiologic abnormalities due to aldosterone excess. A prerequisite for the ratio
Publikováno v:
Journal of Endourology. 14:149-154
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy has emerged as the standard of care at many centers for small surgical adrenal masses. However, the role of laparoscopic adrenalectomy in the treatment of large adrenal masses has not been specifically addressed. Our aim wa
Publikováno v:
Journal of Urology. 161:764-767
Purpose: We describe our experience with surgical management, complications and treatment outcome of histologically confirmed pheochromocytoma.Materials and Methods: The records of 113 patients who underwent surgical excision of pheochromocytoma were