Open AccessHIV Infection, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Profile, and Risk for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Anne Lise Paisible,
Chung Chou H. Chang,
Kaku SoArmah,
Adeel A. Butt,
David Leaf,
Matthew J. Budoff,
David Rimland,
Roger Bedimo,
Matthew Bidwell Goetz,
Maria C. RodriguezBarradas,
Heidi M. Crane,
Cynthia Gibert,
Sheldon T. Brown,
Hilary A. Tindle,
Alberta L. Warner,
Charles Alcorn,
Melissa Skanderson,
Amy C. Justice,
Matthew S. Freiberg
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000000419
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cohort , cohort study , comorbidity , prospective cohort study , risk factor , diabetes mellitus , blood pressure , endocrinology
Traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVDRFs) increase the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) among HIV-infected (HIV+) participants. We assessed the association between HIV and incident AMI within CVDRF strata.