Inflammatory Biomarkers and Carotid Thickness in HIV Infected Patients under Antiretroviral Therapy, Undetectable HIV-1 Viral Load, and Low Cardiovascular Risk.
Kaliene Maria Estevão LeiteGerson Gomes Santos JúniorEmmanuelle T A M GodoiAdriana Ferraz VasconcelosVirgínia Maria Barros LorenaPaulo Sérgio Ramos AraújoKledoaldo Oliveira LimaHeloisa Ramos LacerdaPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2020)
Both groups have a similar risk for developing cardiovascular disease, therefore our study demonstrates that HIV-positive individuals with undetectable viral load in antiretroviral therapy without protease inhibitors and with low cardiovascular risk do not present differences in carotid thickness in relation to uninfected individuals.