title: AIDS associated with severe cor pulmonale and large pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade.
abstract: Cardiac involvement in patients with advanced HIV/AIDS is common, including pericardial effusion and pulmonary hypertension. Although there is an increased incidence of pericardial effusion in patients with AIDS, most are small and asymptomatic. The presence of a pericardial effusion and/or pulmonary hypertension is associated with shortened survival. We present a case of a 43-year-old man with AIDS and advanced cardiovascular involvement who developed severe cor pulmonale and a large pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA. rajnya@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Rakesh K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kedia
authors.forename: Pamela Y F
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Larry A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Osborn
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*