AIDS cardiomyopathy: first rule out other myocardial risk factors.
Consecutive autopsies of 59 male AIDS patients revealed that 21 had other myocardial risk factors: 17 were alcohol abusers and 6 had hypertension or coronary artery disease. AIDS patients with these myocardial risk factors were older (mean age 45 versus 35 years, P less than 0.01), and were more likely to have cardiomegaly (mean heart weight 397 grams versus 350 grams, P = 0.06) than patients with AIDS alone. When evaluating patients for AIDS cardiomyopathy, other myocardial risk factors must be considered.
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Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001344:Autopsy; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors