Human immunodeficiency virus infection is associated with greater risk of pneumonia and readmission after cardiac surgeryCentral MessagePerspective

Objective: Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV+) is associated with a 2-fold increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Increasingly, patients who are HIV + are being evaluated to undergo cardiac surgery. Current risk-adjusted scoring systems, including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predic...

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Main Authors: Ali Vaeli Zadeh, MD, Alexander Justicz, MD, Juan Plate, MD, Michael Cortelli, MD, I-wen Wang, MD, PhD, John Nicholas Melvan, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-04-01
Series:JTCVS Open
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273624000032