Paul Saladino· MD
I remember one time when I was a PA, I worked in cardiology before I went back to medical school, I actually had a patient with severe hypertension, and many doctors had tried to put him on multiple medications. He was on all kinds of things minoxidil second third-line medications for high blood pressure, and this was because no one could get his blood pressure under control. So, I decided to check an aldosterone level on him, and his aldosterone level was through the roof. He ended up having an aldosterone-secreting tumor in his adrenal gland. So, he had primary hyperaldosteronism caused by a tumor in his adrenal gland, and when that was removed, his blood pressure got significantly better.