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Rakesh K Pai1, Anita Kedia, Pamela Y F Hsu
1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA. rajnya@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Cardiac involvement in patients with advanced HIV/AIDS is common, including pericardial effusion and pulmonary hypertension. Although there is an increased incidence of pericardial effusion in patients with AIDS, most are small and asymptomatic. The presence of a pericardial effusion and/or pulmonary hypertension is associated with shortened survival. We present a case of a 43-year-old man with AIDS and advanced cardiovascular involvement who developed severe cor pulmonale and a large pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade.
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