What a Cardiologist Needs to Know About Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection | Zendy

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What a Cardiologist Needs to Know About Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Author(s) -

Priscilla Y. Hsue,

David D. Waters

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.105.546465

Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pneumonia , chest pain , cholesterol , cardiology , intensive care medicine , immunology

A 48-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection developed chronic chest pain that started after a bout of pneumonia. He has hypertension and has smoked cigarettes in the past. His current medications include Kaletra and Combivir. His total cholesterol was 331 mg/L, his HDL cholesterol was 27 mg/L, his triglycerides were 935 mg/L, and his LDL cholesterol could not be calculated. How should this patient be evaluated and managed?

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