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However, this is challenging as most patients with unilateral PA on adrenal vein sampling (AVS) undergo surgery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To compare outcomes of surgery and medications in patients with confirmed or likely unilateral PA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Retrospective cohort study of 274 patients with PA managed at two referral centres from 2000 to 2019.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Patients<\/jats:title><jats:p>154 patients identified with unilateral PA using AVS and a validated clinical prediction model were treated with surgical (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a086) or medical (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a068) therapy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Measurements<\/jats:title><jats:p>Primary outcome was a composite incident cardiovascular event comprising acute myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, stroke, atrial fibrillation or congestive cardiac failure. Secondary outcomes were clinical and biochemical control.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cardiovascular outcomes were comparable, with the surgery group having an adjusted hazard ratio of 0.93 (95% CI: 0.32\u20132.67), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.89. Both treatments improved clinical and biochemical control, but surgery resulted in better systolic blood pressure, 133.0\u00a0\u00b1\u00a011.7\u00a0mmHg versus 137.9\u00a0\u00b1\u00a014.6\u00a0mmHg, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.02, and lower defined daily dosages of antihypertensive medications, 1.0 (IQR 0.0\u20132.0) versus 2.6 (IQR 0.8\u20134.3), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.001. In addition, 12 of 86 patients in the surgery group failed medical therapy before opting for surgery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In patients with unilateral PA who can tolerate medications, medical therapy improves clinical and biochemical control, and may offer similar cardiovascular protection. 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