Ten-minute scan enables detection and cure of the most common cause of high blood pressure

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-01-ten-minute-scan-enables-common-high.html

"new type CT scan light up tiny nodules in hormone gland and cure high blood pressure by their removal...  nodules discovered in 1 in 20 people with high blood pressure... patients come off all blood pressure medicines after treatment... in two thirds of patients with elevated aldosterone secretion, hormone originated from benign nodule in just one of the adrenal glands, can be safely removed... scan uses short-acting dose of metomidate, radioactive dye that sticks only to aldosterone-producing nodule"

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