Antiretroviral Therapy

Reversible Cardiac Dysfunction Seen in Children Taking Zidovudine

Published in AIDS Weekly, May 15th, 2000

A study prepared by scientists at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, and the U.S. National Institutes of Health has found that some children with the human immunodeficiency virus may acquire reversible cardiac dysfunction when they take zidovudine (AZT) therapy.

Tamir Dagan and colleagues conducted a study that examined the reversible effects of AZT therapy seen in some pediatric HIV patients. Their findings were presented in Anaheim, California, at the 49^th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology in a presentation entitled "Reversible Cardiac Dysfunction Associated with Zidovudine Exposure in HIV-Infected...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2000-05-15)

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