What a cardiologist needs to know about patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Circulation. 2005 Dec 20;112(25):3947-57. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.546465.

Abstract

A 48-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection developed chronic chest pain that started after a bout of pneumonia. He has hypertension and has smoked cigarettes in the past. His current medications include Kaletra and Combivir. His total cholesterol was 331 mg/L, his HDL cholesterol was 27 mg/L, his triglycerides were 935 mg/L, and his LDL cholesterol could not be calculated. How should this patient be evaluated and managed?

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-HIV Agents / adverse effects
  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / therapy
  • Disease Management
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
  • Lipid Metabolism / drug effects
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / drug therapy
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents