title: HIV-related cardiac complications: CT and MRI findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Cardiovascular complications in patients with HIV infection include myocardial, endocardial, pericardial, and vascular diseases. The complications are caused by the HIV infection itself, opportunistic infections, HIV-related tumors, and the side effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy. The article reviews the CT and MRI findings suggestive of HIV-related cardiovascular diseases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cardiovascular complications of HIV infection frequently overlap, making the diagnosis difficult. CT and MRI are useful for the noninvasive evaluation of these complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. nakazot@hotmail.co.jp
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakazono
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeudy
authors.forename: Charles S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed