Cardiovascular complications in AIDS

Valdes, E. F.
Rostello, E.
Villanueva, H. R.
Miguel, M.
VALDES SOCIN, Hernan Gonzalo
Bernarbo, J.
Tagtachian, J.

Publication date

January 1996

Publisher

Prensa Medica Argentina

Abstract

Cardiovascular complications in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS miocardiopathy has been described since 1983. Physiopathologic events leading to AIDS myocardiopathy are largely unknown: viral miocardiopathy, cytokines induced lesions, nutritional status, microvascular and ischemic miocadiopathy have been suspected. We describe a consecutive series of 50 patients (43 males, 7 women) with HIV infection and severe immunodepression (CD4<200/ml) that had clinical, ECG and echocardiographic evaluation. There were 24 drug addicted patients, 17 homosexual patients, and 10 heterosexuals. Some of these patients had the following opportunistic infections: tuberculosis (n=20), Pneumocystis carinii (n=9), Criptocococis (n=9), oropharyngeal c...