Why the study?
Does HIV infection affect diastolic function and left ventricular mass in asymptomatic patients?
Does HIV infection affect diastolic function and left ventricular mass in asymptomatic patients?
Contemporary asymptomatic patients with HIV manifest mild functional and morphological cardiac abnormalities independent of traditional risk factors.
May warrant closer cardiac surveillance in asymptomatic HIV; leaves open prognostic value and intervention effects.
HIV-infected patients had a higher prevalence of diastolic dysfunction and higher left ventricular mass index compared with controls. These differences were not readily explained by differences in traditional risk factors and were independently associated with HIV infection. These results suggest that contemporary asymptomatic patients with HIV manifest mild functional and morphological cardiac abnormalities, which are independently associated with HIV infection.
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