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ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF) AND ATRIAL FLUTTER (AFL) PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV+) AND MATCHED UNINFECTED CONTROLS

Authors :
Daniel Schneider
Chad J. Achenbach
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones
Alexandra B Steverson
Jes M. Sanders
Sanjiv J. Shah
Anna Pawlowski
Prasanth Nannapaneni
Matthew J. Feinstein
Source :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69:540
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2017.

Abstract

Background: HIV+ persons have elevated risks for various manifestations of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but no studies to our knowledge have evaluated AF and AFL for HIV+ persons and matched uninfected controls. Methods: Patients from an electronic cohort of 5,052 HIV+ patients and 10,121

Details

ISSN :
07351097
Volume :
69
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Accession number :
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