High Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease in HIV-Infected Persons
Author(s) -
Daniel Périard,
Matthias Cavassini,
Patrick Taffé,
M. Chevalley,
Laurence Senn,
Caroline ChapuisTaillard,
Serge De Vallière,
Daniel Hayoz,
Philip Tarr
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/527564
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , claudication , population , intermittent claudication , arterial disease , diabetes mellitus , epidemiology , vascular disease , blood pressure , peripheral , surgery , cardiology , environmental health , endocrinology
Atherosclerosis has been assessed in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons by using various methods. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) has not been evaluated, however. We studied the cross-sectional prevalence of lower limb PAD in an HIV-infected population.
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