Angiographic Features and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients With First-Time Acute Coronary Syndrome

TY - JOUR

T1 - Angiographic Features and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients With First-Time Acute Coronary Syndrome

AU - Knudsen, Andreas

AU - Mathiasen, Anders B

AU - Worck, R.H.

AU - Kastrup, Jens

AU - Gerstoft, Jan

AU - Katzenstein, Terese L

AU - Kjær, Andreas

AU - Lebech, Anne-Mette

N1 - Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

PY - 2013/1/1

Y1 - 2013/1/1

N2 - A matched cohort study was conducted comparing patients with first-time acute coronary syndromes infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to non-HIV-infected patients with and without diabetes matched for smoking, gender, and type of acute coronary syndrome who underwent first-time coronary angiography. A total of 48 HIV-infected patients were identified from a national database. Coronary angiography showed that the HIV-infected patients had significantly fewer lesions with classification B2/C than the 2 control groups (p

AB - A matched cohort study was conducted comparing patients with first-time acute coronary syndromes infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to non-HIV-infected patients with and without diabetes matched for smoking, gender, and type of acute coronary syndrome who underwent first-time coronary angiography. A total of 48 HIV-infected patients were identified from a national database. Coronary angiography showed that the HIV-infected patients had significantly fewer lesions with classification B2/C than the 2 control groups (p

U2 - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.08.047

DO - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.08.047

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0002-9149

VL - 111

SP - 63

EP - 67

JO - Am. J. Cardiol.

JF - Am. J. Cardiol.

IS - 1

ER -