Table 2.
Definition of lateralization | AVS interpretation | PA patients with bilateral morphologically normal adrenal glands on imaging (n = 43) | PA patients with a unilateral morphologically normal adrenal gland on imaging (n = 200) | Total patients (n = 243) | |
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Normal left (n = 91) | Normal right (n = 109) | ||||
LI ≥2 | Bilateral PA | 17 | 9 | 14 | 40 |
Left lateralized | 12 | 7 | 75 | 94 | |
Right lateralized | 14 | 75 | 20 | 109 | |
LI ≥4 | Bilateral PA | 28 | 15 | 34 | 77 |
Left lateralized | 7 | 6 | 65 | 78 | |
Right lateralized | 8 | 70 | 10 | 88 |
Abbreviations: AVS, adrenal venous sampling; LI, unstimulated lateralization index; PA, primary aldosteronism. Bold values highlight patients with discordant results between cross-sectional imaging findings and AVS lateralization.