HIV-related aneurysm of the aortic root in a patient outside Africa: a case report.

Autor: Protopapas AD; Sussex Cardiac Centre, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, East Sussex, UK. aresprotopapas@yahoo.co.uk, Pugsley WB
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The heart surgery forum [Heart Surg Forum] 2002; Vol. 5 (4), pp. E37-8.
Abstrakt: We report a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with an aneurysm of the aortic root. No definitive histopathological diagnosis was entertained in this case. Based on the existing literature, we discuss a potential causative relationship between HIV and aortic aneurysm.
Databáze: MEDLINE