1995
Dilated heart muscle disease associated with HIV infection
Herskowitz A, Willoughby S, Vlahov D, Baughman K, Ansari A. Dilated heart muscle disease associated with HIV infection. European Heart Journal 1995, 16: 50-55. PMID: 8682102, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/16.suppl_o.50.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart muscle diseaseLate-stage HIV infectionCD4 T-cell countGlobal left ventricular dysfunctionT-cell countsLeft ventricular dysfunctionHIV infectionRisk factorsVentricular dysfunctionClinical characteristicsCardiac dysfunctionMuscle diseaseNew York Heart Association class IIILow CD4 T-cell countsSevere global left ventricular dysfunctionCell countAnti-heart antibodiesCardiotropic virus infectionImmunologic risk factorsNon-infectious complicationsPrimary cardiac failureSymptomatic cardiac dysfunctionSymptomatic heart diseaseCongestive heart failureHIV risk factors
1993
Prevalence and incidence of left ventricular dysfunction in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection
Herskowitz A, Vlahov D, Willoughby S, Chaisson R, Schulman S, Neumann D, Baughman K. Prevalence and incidence of left ventricular dysfunction in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1993, 71: 955-958. PMID: 8465788, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90913-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCardiomyopathy, DilatedEchocardiographyFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansIncidenceMalePrevalenceProspective StudiesVentricular Function, LeftConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusCongestive heart failureLeft ventricular dysfunctionLV dysfunctionHeart failureVentricular dysfunctionConsecutive human immunodeficiency virusSymptomatic congestive heart failureHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionCardiac contractile abnormalitiesHIV clinic populationLow CD4 countImmunodeficiency virus infectionClinical heart diseaseCD4 countHIV clinicHIV infectionContractile abnormalitiesImmunodeficiency virusRecent onsetClinic populationHeart diseaseCrude rateVirus infectionPatients