title: Left ventricular mass and systolic function in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients after weight loss.
abstract: Transthoracic echocardiography was performed on 27 patients with human immunodificiency virus after weight loss and in 20 lean controls. Left ventricular mass index was significantly higher and left ventricular fractional shortening was significantly lower in patients with human immunodificiency virus after weight loss than in lean, normal controls.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile 36617, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Umana
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Panayiotou
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Ramsey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bikkina
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Massey
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alpert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012016:Reference Values; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology; D015431:Weight Loss