title: Pulmonary arterial hypertension in HIV infection: a concise review.
abstract: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an infrequent but nevertheless serious life threatening severe complication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In today's era of antiretroviral therapy (ART), the mortality of HIV patients has greatly reduced due to improved immune function and fewer opportunistic infections. However, these patients have an increased incidence of PAH. In this review, we will mainly discuss HIV-related pulmonary arterial hypertension (HRPH) in terms of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical characteristics and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, PR China; The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, PR China; Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
authors.forename: Hai-Long
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, PR China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, PR China; Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
authors.forename: Zhi-Cheng
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, PR China. Electronic address: zwdfc168@sohu.com.
authors.forename: Xue-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Guang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Long
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Aetiology; HIV; Hypertension; Pulmonary; Therapeutics