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
- human immunodeficiency virus
- ejection fraction
- endothelial cells
- low grade
- newly diagnosed
- hiv positive
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- hiv aids
- hepatitis c virus
- heart failure
- high grade
- atrial fibrillation
- liver fibrosis
- case control
- pluripotent stem cells
- south africa