Comprehensive Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Reveal a High Burden of Myocardial Disease in HIV Patients
Author(s) -
Cameron Holloway,
Ntobeko Ntusi,
Joseph Suttie,
Masliza Mahmod,
Emma Wainwright,
Genevieve Clutton,
Gemma Hancock,
Philip Beak,
Abdelouahid Tajar,
Stefan K. Piechnik,
Jürgen E. Schneider,
Brian Angus,
Kieran Clarke,
Lucy Dorrell,
Stefan Neubauer
Publication year - 2013
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.113.001719
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac magnetic resonance , disease , cardiology , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance , radiology , physics
HIV infection continues to be endemic worldwide. Although treatments are successful, it remains controversial whether patients receiving optimal therapy have structural, functional, or biochemical cardiac abnormalities that may underlie their increased cardiac morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to characterize myocardial abnormalities in a contemporary group of HIV-infected individuals undergoing combination antiretroviral therapy.
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