AIDS associated with severe cor pulmonale and large pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade.
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.
Pai
Rakesh K
RK
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA. rajnya@hotmail.com
Kedia
Anita
A
Hsu
Pamela Y F
PY
Osborn
Larry A
LA
Taylor
Robert A
RA
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*