학술논문
Clinical and angiographical features of first episode of acute coronary syndrome in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection
Document Type
article
Author
Source
HIV Research & Clinical Practice, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 31-35 (2021)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2578-7470
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25787489
Abstract
Background Patients affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) show an increased risk of myocardial infarction. Clinical and angiographic features of HIV positive (HIV+) patients presenting with the first episode of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are not well defined in previous studies. Objective To demonstrate that HIV + patients with acute coronary syndrome had different features than non-HIV patients. Methods We identified 48 HIV + patients without previous cardiovascular events admitted to our Emergency Department with ACS diagnosis between 2012 and 2020. Clinical and angiographic characteristics were compared with a control group of 48 non-HIV consecutive patients affected by ACS as first episode. Results HIV + patients were most frequently men (87.5% vs 62.5%, p = 0.009) and younger about a decade (mean age 53.8 ± 8.2 vs 63.7 ± 11.9 years old, p