Open AccessCardiac and inflammatory biomarkers in perinatally HIV-infected and HIV-exposed uninfected children
Author(s) -
James D. Wilkinson,
Paige L. Williams,
Wendy Yu,
Steven D. Colan,
Armando J. Mendez,
Justin P. Zachariah,
Russell B. Van Dyke,
William T. Shearer,
Renée Margossian,
Steven E. Lipshultz
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000001810
Subject(s) - medicine , biomarker , prospective cohort study , cohort , natriuretic peptide , c reactive protein , inflammation , troponin t , tumor necrosis factor alpha , brain natriuretic peptide , cohort study , immunology , gastroenterology , cardiology , myocardial infarction , heart failure , biology , biochemistry
To compare distributions of serum cardiac and inflammatory biomarkers between perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV) and perinatally HIV-exposed uninfected (PHEU) children, to evaluate their associations with echocardiographic measures, and among PHIV youth, with antiretroviral therapy (ART) and HIV disease severity measures.