Endocrinol Metab.  2018 Dec;33(4):485-492. 10.3803/EnM.2018.33.4.485.

Effects of Altered Calcium Metabolism on Cardiac Parameters in Primary Aldosteronism

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Evidence Based Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
  • 2Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Endocrine Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yumie@yuhs.ac
  • 3Division of Cardiology, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 4Department of Radiology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
  • 5Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 6Department of Biostatistics, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
  • 7Hwacheon Public Health and Medical Care Center, Hwacheon, Korea.

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Increasing evidence supports interplay between aldosterone and parathyroid hormone (PTH), which may aggravate cardiovascular complications in various heart diseases. Negative structural cardiovascular remodeling by primary aldosteronism (PA) is also suspected to be associated with changes in calcium levels. However, to date, few clinical studies have examined how changes in calcium and PTH levels influence cardiovascular outcomes in PA patients. Therefore, we investigated the impact of altered calcium homeostasis caused by excessive aldosterone on cardiovascular parameters in patients with PA.
METHODS
Forty-two patients (mean age 48.8±10.9 years; 1:1, male:female) whose plasma aldosterone concentration/plasma renin activity ratio was more than 30 were selected among those who had visited Severance Hospital from 2010 to 2014. All patients underwent adrenal venous sampling with complete access to both adrenal veins.
RESULTS
The prevalence of unilateral adrenal adenoma (54.8%) was similar to that of bilateral adrenal hyperplasia. Mean serum corrected calcium level was 8.9±0.3 mg/dL (range, 8.3 to 9.9). The corrected calcium level had a negative linear correlation with left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD, ρ=−0.424, P=0.031). Moreover, multivariable regression analysis showed that the corrected calcium level was marginally associated with the LVEDD and corrected QT (QTc) interval (β=−0.366, P=0.068 and β=−0.252, P=0.070, respectively).
CONCLUSION
Aldosterone-mediated hypercalciuria and subsequent hypocalcemia may be partly involved in the development of cardiac remodeling as well as a prolonged QTc interval, in subjects with PA, thereby triggering deleterious effects on target organs additively.

Keyword

Hyperaldosteronism; Hypocalcemia; Heart diseases; Parathyroid hormone

MeSH Terms

Adenoma
Aldosterone
Calcium*
Heart Diseases
Homeostasis
Humans
Hyperaldosteronism*
Hypercalciuria
Hyperplasia
Hypocalcemia
Metabolism*
Parathyroid Hormone
Plasma
Prevalence
Renin
Veins
Aldosterone
Calcium
Parathyroid Hormone
Renin

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