Pathological findings of HIV-associated cardiovascular disease.
More effective therapies have improved survival times of HIV+ patients, resulting in a higher prevalence of long-term complications of the disease. This review focuses on HIV-associated cardiovascular pathology, correlating the morphologic findings to clinical syndromes of HIV disease/AIDS.
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Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. giulia.damati@uniroma1.it
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D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology