Left Atrial Mechanics and Diastolic Function Among People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study)
Berg C, Patel B, Reynolds M, Tuzovic M, Chew K, Sico J, Bhattacharya D, Butt A, Lim J, Bedimo R, Brown S, Gottdiener J, Warner A, Freiberg M, So-Armah K, Nguyen K. Left Atrial Mechanics and Diastolic Function Among People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2022, 186: 50-57. PMID: 36343446, PMCID: PMC10193525, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.10.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiastolic dysfunctionDiastolic functionAtrial mechanicsLA strainHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionLogistic regressionCross-sectional cohort analysisCohort of PLWHHIV uninfected controlsLA conduit strainLA phasic strainLA reservoir strainLeft Atrial MechanicsLV diastolic dysfunctionHIV viral loadHIV viral suppressionImmunodeficiency virus infectionVentricular diastolic functionHuman immunodeficiency virusPropensity weightingPLWH cohortSubclinical cardiomyopathyAntiretroviral therapyCardiovascular deathViral suppression