Biventricular diastolic function assessed by Doppler echocardiogram in children vertically infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Objective: to determine, by Doppler-echocardiography, the frequency of cardiac diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic and clinically stable pediatric patients with vertical infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), from the cardiovascular viewpoint. Methods: this was an observational, pros...

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Main Authors: Mauricio L. Silva, Silvia M. Nassar, André P. Silva, Leandro L. Ponce, Maria M. de S. Pires
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-07-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755714000321