HAART patients can face greater risk of developing heart disease--studies.
Investigators from the HIV Outpatient Study group, which is located at 10 sites in the United States, found that after a few years of taking protease inhibitors, HIV patients were beginning to show a significantly increased rate of myocardial infarctions. The researchers presented their findings at the 2001 IDSA Conference, held Oct. 25-28, 2001.
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