Alharethi Rami
Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2013 Sep;11(9):1227-35. doi: 10.1586/14779072.2013.832481. Epub 2013 Aug 23.
The lifespan of HIV-infected patients is increasing, and cardiovascular diseases becoming a major comorbidity and leading cause of death in this population due to high prevalence of the cardiac risk factors and possibly due to the use of antiretroviral therapy. Aggressive reduction of these risk factors and treatment of cardiovascular diseases are crucial to decrease the cardiovascular mortality in these patients.
感染艾滋病毒患者的寿命在延长,由于心脏危险因素的高流行率以及可能由于使用抗逆转录病毒疗法,心血管疾病正成为该人群的主要合并症和主要死因。积极降低这些危险因素以及治疗心血管疾病对于降低这些患者的心血管死亡率至关重要。