HIV-related pulmonary arterial hypertension: A significant cause of mortality and morbidity in HIV/AIDS
| Autor: | Arvind Mathur, Harish Agarwal, Rajesh Sharma, Rahul Choudhary |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Current Medicine Research and Practice, Vol 2, Iss 6, Pp 350-353 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2352-0817 2352-0825 |
| Popis: | With prolonged survival of HIV-infected patients, non-infectious complications of HIV/AIDS are now on the rise. HIV-related pulmonary arterial hypertension (HIV-PAH) represents one such disease, and has a very poor prognosis. Although HIV-PAH has low prevalence, it is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of non-infectious complications following HIV infection is not fully understood, and the role that HIV-induced immunosuppression plays in the development of these complications is also not known. Presently, despite having scanty evidence on the management modalities of HIV-PAH, evidence extrapolated from idiopathic pulmonary hypertension is being utilized to manage some of these patients. A case of a 41-year-old female with HIV disease and severe pulmonary hypertension is presented here. |
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