HIV Infection and the Risk of World Health Organization–Defined Sudden Cardiac Death

HIV Infection and the Risk of World Health Organization–Defined Sudden Cardiac Death

Background People living with HIV have higher sudden cardiac death (SCD) rates compared with the general population. Whether HIV infection is an independent SCD risk factor is unclear. Methods and Results This study evaluated participants from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study, an observational, longi...

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Main Authors: Matthew S. Freiberg, Meredith S. Duncan, Charles Alcorn, Chung‐Chou H. Chang, Suman Kundu, Asri Mumpuni, Emily K. Smith, Sarah Loch, Annie Bedigian, Eric Vittinghoff, Kaku So‐Armah, Priscilla Y. Hsue, Amy C. Justice, Zian H. Tseng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
CD4 cell count
HIV infection
HIV viral load
sudden cardiac death
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.021268

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