HIV Disease and the Heart: A Review

Evbu Enakpene, Jinu John, Chukwudi Obiagwu, Suvash Shrestha, Guy Kulbak, Vijay Shetty, Gerald Hollander

Abstract


Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is a pandemic with a huge global burden. The mortality due to HIV has been steadily decreasing with better access to highly active antiretroviral therapy and better quality of care. An increase in the life expectancy of HIV infected patients has resulted in the appearance of a different spectrum of diseases due to chronic HIV infection. Though cardiovascular disease due to HIV infection is associated with significant mortality risk, these conditions still remain grossly under diagnosed. This review article discusses the cardiovascular effects of HIV infection and the cardiovascular problems faced due to superimposed opportunistic infections and drug toxicity.

Keywords


HIV; Cardiomyopathy; QTc prolongation

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