Unexpected increase of myocardial extracellular volume fraction in low cardiovascular risk HIV patients

Unexpected increase of myocardial extracellular volume fraction in low cardiovascular risk HIV patients

Abstract Background People living with HIV (PLWH) are prone to develop sub-clinical Cardiovascular (CV) disease, despite the effectiveness of combined Antiretroviral Therapy (cART). Algorithms developed to predict CV risk in the general population could be inaccurate when applied to PLWH. Myocardial...

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Main Authors: Cristian Borrazzo, Gabriella d’Ettorre, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Massimiliano Pacilio, Letizia Santinelli, Eugenio Nelson Cavallari, Ornella Spagnolello, Valeria Silvestri, Paolo Vassalini, Carolina Scagnolari, Marco Francone, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Iacopo Carbone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Translational Medicine Communications
Subjects:
ECV
CV risk
CCT
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41231-020-00077-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41231-020-00077-8

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