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The prevalence of aortic aneurysms in HIV- infected persons (PLWH) is unclear
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Recently, the heart blood vessels magazine field authority Eur Heart published a research article on J, the researchers sought to determine whether HIV status was independently associated with aortic aneurysm
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In addition, the researchers aimed to determine the risk factors associated with PLWH aortic aneurysms
Heart blood vessels
The researchers recruited PLWH patients over the age of 40 (n=594) from the Copenhagen HIV infection comorbidity study, and matched the age and sex with uninfected controls (n=1188) from the Copenhagen general population study
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The researchers used contrast-enhanced computed tomography to assess the size of the aorta
Compared with uninfected controls, PLWH is four times more likely to develop aortic aneurysm, and HIV status is independently associated with aortic aneurysm
Original source:
Julie Høgh.
et al.
HIV infection is associated with thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms: a prospective matched cohort study .
European Heart Journal.
2021.
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