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
- endothelial cells
- human immunodeficiency virus
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- low grade
- chronic kidney disease
- hiv positive
- hiv aids
- prognostic factors
- hepatitis c virus
- peritoneal dialysis
- heart failure
- patient reported outcomes
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- atrial fibrillation