title: What a cardiologist needs to know about patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: A 48-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection developed chronic chest pain that started after a bout of pneumonia. He has hypertension and has smoked cigarettes in the past. His current medications include Kaletra and Combivir. His total cholesterol was 331 mg/L, his HDL cholesterol was 27 mg/L, his triglycerides were 935 mg/L, and his LDL cholesterol could not be calculated. How should this patient be evaluated and managed?
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Priscilla Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Hsue
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Waters
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents