Key result
In HIV-infected patients, lymphomas are the second most common tumors involving the heart, typically presenting as part of a metastatic process rather than a primary cardiac focus.
Population
Patients living with HIV/AIDS who develop cardiac lymphoma
Design
Review
Authors
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Cardiac lymphoma warrants consideration in HIV patients with cardiac symptoms; leaves open prospective studies on screening and outcomes.
This review highlights that cardiac involvement in AIDS-associated non-Hodgkin lymphoma is relatively common and usually represents metastatic spread rather than primary cardiac lymphoma.
Bush et al. (2014) conducted a review in AIDS-Associated Cardiac Lymphoma. In HIV-infected patients, lymphomas are the second most common tumors involving the heart, typically presenting as part of a metastatic process rather than a primary cardiac focus.
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