Table 1 Main clinical and experimental features of the patient before and after JGCT surgery

Medication regimens

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Valsartan, amlodipine, and spironolactone

Cease for half a year

BP (mmHg)

< 140/90

180/120

140/96

Heart rate (bpm)

60–100

96

84

Serum potassium (mmol/L)

3.5–5.5

2.1

3.6

Supine plasma renin activity (ng/ml/h)

0.13–1.94

3.98

-

Upright plasma renin activity (ng/ml/h)

1.90-5.00

19.23

2.13

Supine plasma Angiotensin II (pg/ml)

15.0–97.0

93.00

-

Upright plasma Angiotensin II (pg/ml)

20.0-115.0

169.78

45.33-

Supine serum aldosterone (pg/ml)

10.0-160.0

162.57

-

Upright serum aldosterone (pg/ml)

40.0-310.0

671.33

187.54