Epidemiology of cardiovascular involvement in HIV disease and AIDS.
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.
Fisher
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Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center and University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York 14642, USA.
Lipshultz
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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