Cardiac diseases in AIDS electrocardiogram

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

In an analysis of 4518 HIV-infected patients it was found that more than half of the participants (51.5%) had either minor or major ECG abnormalities. Minor ECG abnormalities (48.6%) were more common than major ECG abnormalities (7.7%) ^[1].

Electrocardiogram

Possible EKG abnormalities in HIV infected patients include:

QT prolongation
Supraventricular ectopics
Ventricular ectopics
Non-specific ST-T changes
Non-specific Q-QS abnormalities

References

↑ Soliman EZ, Prineas RJ, Roediger MP; et al. (2011). “Prevalence and prognostic significance of ECG abnormalities in HIV-infected patients: results from the Strategies for Management of Antiretroviral Therapy study”. Journal of Electrocardiology. 44 (6): 779–85. doi:10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.10.027. PMC 3060290. PMID 21145066.

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[pmid21145066-1] Soliman EZ, Prineas RJ, Roediger MP; et al. (2011). “Prevalence and prognostic significance of ECG abnormalities in HIV-infected patients: results from the Strategies for Management of Antiretroviral Therapy study”. Journal of Electrocardiology. 44 (6): 779–85. doi:10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.10.027. PMC 3060290. PMID 21145066.

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Cardiac diseases in AIDS electrocardiogram

Overview

Electrocardiogram

References

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