Taiwan Primary Aldosteronism Study Group
Creators: name: Wu, Vin-Cent
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Primary health care

description: The Taiwan Primary Aldosteronism Study Group (TAIPAI Study Group) was established in 2006 to address the growing importance of primary aldosteronism (PA). Over the course of eight years, the group accrued an impressive data registry of more than 2700 cases, becoming one of the leading PA research groups in Asia. Annually, the team diagnoses or receives referrals for approximately 150 new PA patients. To further provide comprehensive care to PA patients, the Primary Aldosteronism Center at National Taiwan University Hospital was established. The highly trained specialists offer medical consultations, laboratory testing, imaging, and endocrine therapeutic services. Additionally, they collaborate with experts in other departments to ensure multidisciplinary care. The team is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care to their patients and to continually strive for excellence in patient care. <strong>Patients were enrolled from the following hospitals:</strong> TAIPAI included two medical centers (National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), Taipei, Taiwan; Taipei University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan) and five regional hospitals (Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Yun- Lin Branch of NTUH, Douliou City, Taiwan; Hsin-Chu Branch of NTUH, Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan; Zhongxing Branch of Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan). The coprincipal investigators in each sites are Vin-Cent Wu<sup>1</sup>, Tai-Shuan Lai<sup>1</sup>, Shih-Chieh Jeff Chueh<sup>1</sup>, Shao-Yu Yang<sup>1</sup>, Kao-Lang Liu<sup>1</sup>, Chin-Chen Chang<sup>1</sup>, Bo-Chiag Lee<sup>1</sup>, Shuo-Meng Wang<sup>1</sup>, Kuo-How Huang<sup>1</sup>, Po-Chih Lin<sup>1</sup>, Yen-Hung Lin<sup>1</sup>, Chi-Sheng Hung<sup>1</sup>, Lian-Yu Lin<sup>1</sup>, Shih-Cheng Liao<sup>1</sup>, Ching-Chu Lu<sup>1</sup>, Chieh-Kai Chan<sup>1</sup>, Leay-Kiaw Er<sup>2</sup>, Ya-Hui Hu<sup>2</sup>, Che-Hsiung Wu<sup>2</sup>, Yao-Chou Tsai<sup>2</sup>, Zheng-Wei Chen<sup>2</sup>, Chien-Ting Pan<sup>3</sup>, Che-Wei Liao<sup>4</sup>, Cheng-Hsuan Tsai<sup>5</sup>, Yi-Yao Chang<sup>6</sup>, Chen-Hsun Ho<sup>7</sup>, Wei-Chieh Huang<sup>8</sup>, Ying-Ying Chen<sup>9</sup> National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Taipei Tzu-Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Jin-Shan Branch, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. <strong>Primary Aldosteronism Center at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH-PAC)</strong> Since 2023, we have formed NTUH-PAC and the members are Vin-Cent Wu (吳允升), Yen-Hung Lin(林彥宏), Ya-Li Chen(陳雅麗)