Thrombosis

Clogged Vessels Seen in AIDS Patients with Risk Factors

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 25th, 2000

A multi-center study led by scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that the advent of thrombosis in AIDS patients is associated with certain risk factors.

The study was presented in a recent issue of the journal AIDS ("Epidemiology of thrombosis in HIV-infected individuals," AIDS, 2000;14(3):321-324).

In this study, medical records of more than 42,000 individuals with the HIV infection who had been treated in medical centers across the United States were examined. Patients were older than 13 years, and had been medically observed for an average of 2.4 years, according to P.S. Sullivan and...

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