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[Carotid artery disease and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection]

C Serna-Candel1, J Portilla, J Matías-Guiu

  • 1Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid. carserca@hotmail.com

Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain)
|July 31, 2009
PubMed

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection increases vascular risk. Subclinical atherosclerosis, measured by carotid ultrasound, is more prevalent in HIV patients and linked to traditional risk factors and HIV itself.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Vascular Medicine

Background:

  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with increased vascular risk.
  • This risk is exacerbated by traditional vascular risk factors, antiretroviral treatments, and HIV infection-induced metabolic and vascular changes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the meaning and measurement of subclinical atherosclerosis.
  • To identify factors contributing to vascular risk in HIV-infected patients.
  • To review evidence on subclinical atherosclerosis within the HIV-positive population.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of current scientific publications.
  • Analysis of subclinical atherosclerosis quantification using carotid ultrasound (intima-media thickness and atherosclerotic plaques).
  • Comparison of vascular risk markers between HIV-infected patients and HIV-negative controls.

Main Results:

  • Carotid ultrasound effectively quantifies subclinical atherosclerosis and predicts vascular events like myocardial infarction and stroke.
  • Studies indicate a higher prevalence and progression of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in HIV-positive individuals compared to controls.
  • Increased atherosclerosis in HIV patients is associated with traditional vascular risk factors, antiretroviral therapy, and HIV infection itself.

Conclusions:

  • Carotid ultrasound serves as an effective tool for studying atherosclerosis in HIV patients.
  • This imaging technique can aid in stratifying vascular risk among individuals with HIV infection.
Abstract

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