Carotid artery aneurysm in HIV. A review of case reports in literature

HIV infection may affect cardiovascular system through different physio pathological patterns including viral vasculitis, thrombophilia induction, opportunistic infection, major HIV vasculo-tropic coinfections and secondary effects of antiretroviral therapy. Vessel pathology may manifest as obstructive disease, dissection or aneurysm conditions that may involve major , medium or small vessels, in different arterial branches.Rarely reported in HIV negative patients , aneurysms involving carotid artery have been described for the first time in seropositive patients in 1989.
Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: General Review Source Type: research