Excellent outcomes of cardiac surgery in patients infected with HIV in the current era.
Over the past decade, significant advances have been made in the medical treatment of patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection, leading to a steady increase in referrals for cardiac surgery. We report the outcome of cardiac surgery recently performed in patients with documented human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
Filsoufi
Farzan
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029, USA. Farzan.filsoufi@mountsinai.org
Salzberg
Sacha P
SP
Harbou
Kai T J von
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Neibart
Eric
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Adams
David H
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015497:HIV-1; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents