Cardiac diseases in AIDS risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Overview
Risk factors include those associated with HIV like viral load, CD4 count, duration of HIV infection, and those that are traditionally associated with cardiovascular diseases like dyslipidemia, smoking, obesity.
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Risk factors associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular diseases in AIDS include:
- Low socio-economic status
- CD4 cell count
- Viral load
- Duration of HIV infection
- IV drug abuse [1]
- Traditional risk factors like [2][3][4]
- Elderly age
- Obesity
- Dyslipidemia (high total cholesterol, high LDL-C, high triglycerides, low HDL-C)
- Hypertension
- Smoking
- Metabolic syndrome
References
References
- ↑ Currie PF, Sutherland GR, Jacob AJ, Bell JE, Brettle RP, Boon NA (1995). “A review of endocarditis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus infection”. European Heart Journal. 16 Suppl B: 15–8. PMID 7671917. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Lichtenstein KA, Armon C, Buchacz K; et al. (2013). “Provider compliance with guidelines for management of cardiovascular risk in HIV-infected patients”. Preventing Chronic Disease. 10: E10. doi:10.5888/pcd10.120083. PMC 3557014. PMID 23347705. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Savès M, Chêne G, Ducimetière P; et al. (2003). “Risk factors for coronary heart disease in patients treated for human immunodeficiency virus infection compared with the general population”. Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 37 (2): 292–8. doi:10.1086/375844. PMID 12856222. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Kaplan RC, Kingsley LA, Sharrett AR; et al. (2007). “Ten-year predicted coronary heart disease risk in HIV-infected men and women”. Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 45 (8): 1074–81. doi:10.1086/521935. PMID 17879928. Unknown parameter
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