title: Epidemiology of cardiovascular involvement in HIV disease and AIDS.
abstract: The epidemiology of cardiac complications related to HIV including cardiomyopathy, increased left ventricular mass, myocarditis, pericardial effusion, endocarditis, and malignancy are discussed. A large number of HIV-infected individuals will present with cardiac complications in the next decade as chronic viral infection, co-infections, drug therapy, and immunosuppression affect the heart. Understanding the nature and course of cardiac illness related to HIV infection will allow appropriate monitoring, early intervention and therapy, and will provide a baseline to evaluate the effects of new therapeutic regimens such as highly active antiretroviral therapy on the cardiovascular system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center and University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York 14642, USA.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lipshultz
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000293:Adolescent; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology