HIV and Cardiovascular Disease: We Need a Mechanism, and We Need a Plan
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HIV and Cardiovascular Disease: We Need a Mechanism, and We Need a Plan
W ith the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and increased survival, HIV-infected people are now at risk for diseases of aging including cardiovascular disease (CVD). In the ART era, multiple large cohort studies have found that HIV infection is associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), ischemic stroke, and heart failure. Although total mortality has been decre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Heart Association
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2047-9980,2047-9980
DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.003411