The aim of the study was to investigate the usefulness of metanephrine (MN) and normetanephrine (NMN) in bilateral simultaneous adrenal vein sampling (AVS) with and without ACTH stimulation. The study was conducted in a single referral center. Prospective recruited patients with PA were treated with AVS. The effects of cortisol, MN and NMN on selectivity catheterization were assessed and determined by lateralization. We enrolled 54 patients with PA who were treated with simultaneous bilateral AVS with ACTH. The Selectivity Index (SI) calculated by MN was higher than that calculated by other indicators (p<0.001), the catheterization success rate of MN at baseline was the same as that of cortisol after ACTH stimulation, and in lateralization diagnosis, MN was not inferior to cortisol. In conclusion, among the studied indicators, MN is the best index for determining the catheterization selectivity in AVS, especially in the absence of ACTH stimulation.
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