Diffuse myocardial fibrosis is uncommon in people with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Jason L WilliamsFrances HungElizabeth JenistaPiers BarkerHrishikesh ChakrabortyRaymond KimAndrew W McCrarySvati H ShahNathan ThielmanGerald S BloomfieldPublished in: AIDS research and therapy (2024)
Perinatally-acquired HIV was not associated with diffuse myocardial fibrosis. Larger prospective studies with serial examinations are needed to determine whether pnHIV patients develop abnormal structure or function more often than unaffected controls.
Keyphrases
- hiv infected
- antiretroviral therapy
- end stage renal disease
- left ventricular
- chronic kidney disease
- human immunodeficiency virus
- ejection fraction
- endothelial cells
- newly diagnosed
- hiv positive
- low grade
- hepatitis c virus
- prognostic factors
- hiv aids
- hiv testing
- heart failure
- men who have sex with men
- patient reported outcomes
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- liver fibrosis