Prevalence and incidence of left ventricular dysfunction in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Study of cardiovascular manifestations in patients of HIV- its correlation with CD4 count and the ART regimen prescribed

“…Similar findings had been reported by Herskowitz et al 22 demonstrating a greater proportion of prospective and referred patients with LV dysfunction to have CD4 counts < 100/mm 3 (62 and 79%, respectively) than did those without LV dysfunction (35%). All of HIV+ patients diagnosed with unexplained congestive heart failure had CD4 counts less than 100/mm 3 in a crosssectional study.…”

Circadian cardiac autonomic function in perinatally HIV-infected preschool children

“…Previous studies (8,(14)(15)(16) have shown a higher prevalence of both heart failure and structural abnormalities related to cardiac autonomic dysfunction in children in advanced stages of HIV infection. Nonetheless, HIV-infected subjects have demonstrated a more pronounced autonomic dysfunction not associated with clinical evidence of heart disease (26,27).…”

“…Nonetheless, HIV-infected subjects have demonstrated a more pronounced autonomic dysfunction not associated with clinical evidence of heart disease (26,27). Evaluation of the autonomic status of children using the Valsalva maneuver has been carried out, demonstrating a significant autonomic dysfunction, mainly parasympathetic, with either mild or undetectable functional or structural cardiac involvement (8,14). In the present study, groups were matched for age, gender, body surface area and global left ventricular systolic function in order to reduce potential biases in RRV parameters.…”

“…Nevertheless, amongst cardiac abnormalities detected in children with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, mild systolic and diastolic impairments, autonomic nervous system disturbances, cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death have been noteworthy (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13). On the other hand, some echocardiographic abnormality has been detected in 1 of 4 HIV-positive children and data regarding cardiac autonomic function in the pediatric population are lacking (14)(15)(16).…”

Impact of CD4 + lymphocyte count on left ventricular systolic function in newly diagnosed HAART naïve HIV/AIDS patients seen at University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

“…[10][11] For instance; both diastolic and systolic dysfunctions have been shown to be present even in asymptomatic seropositive carriers at the early stage of HIV infection. [12][13] Danbauchi et al found that 10% of the studied subjects had diastolic dysfunction and 3.6% had depressed ejection fraction on echocardiography after 1 to 2 years of ARV treatment. 14 …”