title: Managing HIV. Part 5: Treating secondary outcomes. 5.9 HIV-related cardiovascular disease.
abstract: Heart disease is common in HIV, but often asymptomatic. As improved therapies prolong the lives of HIV-infected patients, an increase in symptomatic heart disease can be expected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Feneley
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology