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

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
Subjects:
HIV
cardiac surgery
antiretroviral
STS PROM
European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273624000032

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