2012, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp 297 – 303

Clinical diagnosis of cardiac involvement in HIV infection

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Correspondence to:Ligia Moldovan MD, PhD ''Th. Burghele'' Clinical Hospital, Cardiology Department 20 Panduri Road, District 5, Bucharest, Romania Phone: 021 410.69.10, 021 410.08.22, Mobile: 0722794778, E-mail: geamai_ayfer @ yahoo.com

Abstract

HIV infection is continuously raising, and different treatments did not manage to extend the patient’s life. Clinical and morphopathological features of respiratory, gastrointestinal, hematological and nervous system are well characterized in HIV infection, but cardiac involvement is not so well known.

Cardiac involvement is extremely rare in HIV disease, but demonstrated by echocardiography and anatomo-pathologic methods, it is more frequently met than the clinical features are supposed to be, and it can be demonstrated by positive serologic tests.

The main reason of this research is the necessity to obtain data from HIV infection concerning heart involvement.

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PMC ID: 3464997
PubMed ID: 23049631
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Article Publishing Date (print): 15-09-2012
Available Online: 25-09-2012

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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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