Right Ventricular Hypertrophy and Dilatation in Patients with HIV in the Absence of Clinical or Echocardiographic Pulmonary Hypertension

Cardiovascular involvement is common in patients infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which may manifest itself as nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, ischemic heart disease or pulmonary hypertension (PH), according to the tissues involved.1,2 Involvement of right-sided heart chambers is observed in up to 7%-69% of patients; depending on the definition of “involvement”, the severity of HIV infection, the use of antiretroviral treatment (ART) and the modality used for diagnosis.3,4 Right ventricular (RV) involvement by HIV may manifest itself as RV enlargement, hypertrophy of the right ventricular free wall, abnormal systolic/diastolic function, o r a mixture of these conditions.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research