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MYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS FOLLOWING ISCHEMIA AND INFARCTION IS GREATER AMONG PERSONS WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS THAN UNINFECTED CONTROLS
- Source :
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67:2352
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- Persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have greater risks for myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death (SCD) than the general population. Associations between coronary artery disease (CAD) and myocardial fibrosis - a mediator of SCD - in the setting of HIV are unknown. We hypothesized
- Subjects :
- congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities
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Ischemia
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Infarction
medicine.disease
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Sudden cardiac death
Coronary artery disease
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Internal medicine
Immunology
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Cardiology
Myocardial fibrosis
cardiovascular diseases
Myocardial infarction
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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Details
- ISSN :
- 07351097
- Volume :
- 67
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........5d6c8276dd039a48499e33d25f3c3455