Cardiovascular Disease

Young HIV patients have increased heart disease risk

Published in Heart Disease Weekly, September 21st, 2003

Young HIV patients have an increased risk of heart disease, which may be caused in part by antiretroviral medications.

"It is currently unknown whether there is an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with HIV infection," scientists in the United States explained. "In addition, the contribution of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to CHD risk has not been quantified."

To rectify this, J.S. Currier and colleagues at the University of California-Los Angeles "reviewed administrative claims data for HIV-infected and -uninfected individuals from the California Medicaid population and compared the incidence of and relative risk (RR) for...

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Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2003-09-21)

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