Document 0001
 DOCN  M9550001
 TI    [The autopsy findings in 51 cases of AIDS with cardiovascular damage]
 DT    9505
 AU    Rosales Guzman I; Rosales L; Zghaib A; IMSS, Instituto Nacional de
       Cardiologia Igancio Chavez, INCICH,; Tlalpan, Mexico, D.F.
 SO    Arch Inst Cardiol Mex. 1994 Sep-Oct;64(5):485-90. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/95142759
 AB    We describe the cardiovascular abnormalities found at autopsy in
       patients with AIDS and a description of the opportunistic infections in
       these cases studied between January 1988 and August 1993. There were 51
       cases with such diagnosis. Pericardial effusion appeared in 9, pleural
       effusion in 7, myocarditis in 5, 7 with pericarditis, endocarditis in 6,
       left ventricular hypertrophy in 20, right ventricular hypertrophy in 21
       and evidence of atherosclerosis in 15. Thus, data of cardiovascular
       damage was present in 42.7% of our patients. The cardiovascular
       abnormalities in this group are common, in contrast to the paucity of
       clinical findings. Diagnosis of cardiac pathology was made in only 12%
       of them. So in every case with diagnosis of AIDS, a careful clinical
       examination and cardiac diagnostic oriented tests must be done for
       detection of these abnormalities.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS/MORTALITY/  *PATHOLOGY
       Adult  Age Distribution  Aged  Autopsy  Cardiovascular
       Diseases/ETIOLOGY/MORTALITY/*PATHOLOGY  Cause of Death  Comparative
       Study  English Abstract  Female  Human  *HIV-1  Male
       Mexico/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Middle Age  Risk Factors  Sex Distribution  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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