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The [[pericardium]] is frequently involved in HIV | The [[pericardium]] is frequently involved in HIV [[infection]]s. Also medications used in AIDS therapy can cause EKG changes. Since the cardiac complications in the initial phases are not very obvious, periodic electrocardiogram monitoring is indicated in HIV positive individuals. <ref name="pmid9669054">{{cite journal| author=Milei J, Grana D, Fernández Alonso G, Matturri L| title=Cardiac involvement in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome--a review to push action. The Committee for the Study of Cardiac Involvement in AIDS. | journal=Clin Cardiol | year= 1998 | volume= 21 | issue= 7 | pages= 465-72 | pmid=9669054 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9669054 }} </ref> | ||
==Electrocardiogram== | ==Electrocardiogram== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-in-Chief: Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS [2]
Overview
The pericardium is frequently involved in HIV infections. Also medications used in AIDS therapy can cause EKG changes. Since the cardiac complications in the initial phases are not very obvious, periodic electrocardiogram monitoring is indicated in HIV positive individuals. [1]
Electrocardiogram
Studies have shown that from a negative HIV status to full blown AIDS, the following changes were observed in patients.
- Increased heart rate
- Increased corrected QT interval
- ST segment depression
- T wave inversion[2]
References
- ↑ Milei J, Grana D, Fernández Alonso G, Matturri L (1998). "Cardiac involvement in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome--a review to push action. The Committee for the Study of Cardiac Involvement in AIDS". Clin Cardiol. 21 (7): 465–72. PMID 9669054.
- ↑ Okeahialam BN, Sani MU (2006). "Heart disease in HIV/AIDS. How much is due to cachexia?". Afr J Med Med Sci. 35 Suppl: 99–102. PMID 18050781.