Accelerated coronary atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis in young human-immunodeficiency-virus-positive patients
A Tabib, C Leroux, JF Mornex, R Loire - Coronary artery disease, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Objective To determine the type of lesions observed in young patients infected with human
immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1). Design Examination of coronary networks in corpses of
13 men and two women who had died aged 23–32 years after having been infected with
HIV-1 virus, having been seropositive for 2–5 years. Causes of death were infectious
complications (five cases), infection with cytomegalovirus leading to gastro-intestinal
haemorrhaging (one case), infection with cytomegalovirus and Kaposi's sarcoma (one …
immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1). Design Examination of coronary networks in corpses of
13 men and two women who had died aged 23–32 years after having been infected with
HIV-1 virus, having been seropositive for 2–5 years. Causes of death were infectious
complications (five cases), infection with cytomegalovirus leading to gastro-intestinal
haemorrhaging (one case), infection with cytomegalovirus and Kaposi's sarcoma (one …