Prevalence of severe cardiovascular abnormalities amongst West African HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy followed at a referral HIV centre.
Frederic N ElloEsaie K SoyaN'douba A KassiPatrick A CoffieMelaine C MossouDoumbia AdamaIcklo CoulibalyEboi EhuiAristophane TanonSerge P EholiePublished in: Southern African journal of infectious diseases (2021)
The prevalence of SCA is high in West African HIV-treated patients. Given the high mortality associated with cardiovascular diseases in the general population, refining disease preventive strategies in HIV-positive subjects is essential to continue prolonging their life.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected patients
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv aids
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- men who have sex with men
- newly diagnosed
- cardiovascular disease
- south africa
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- cardiovascular events
- prognostic factors
- hiv testing
- coronary artery disease
- early onset
- patient reported