Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary arterial stiffness in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.

Idris Bugra CerikMurat MericOkan GulelHatun Ozturk CerikMetin CoksevimKorhan SoyluAydin DeveciMahmut Sahin

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2019)

Our results suggest that HIV infection affects pulmonary vascular bed starting early onset of disease and this can be demonstrated by an easy-to-measure echocardiographic parameter.

Keyphrases

human immunodeficiency virus
early onset
pulmonary hypertension
antiretroviral therapy
hepatitis c virus
late onset
hiv infected
left ventricular
hiv positive
hiv aids
mitral valve
left atrial
blood pressure
ejection fraction
heart failure
atrial fibrillation