title: Cardiovascular involvements in HIV-infected patients.
abstract: The lifespan of HIV-infected patients is increasing, and cardiovascular diseases becoming a major comorbidity and leading cause of death in this population due to high prevalence of the cardiac risk factors and possibly due to the use of antiretroviral therapy. Aggressive reduction of these risk factors and treatment of cardiovascular diseases are crucial to decrease the cardiovascular mortality in these patients.
authors: Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA rami.alharethi@imail.org.
authors: Rami
authors: R
authors: Alharethi
mesh_terms: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents