Risk of Echocardiographic Pulmonary Hypertension in Individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection
Sangal RB, Taylor LE, Gillani F, Poppas A, Klinger JR, Ventetuolo CE. Risk of Echocardiographic Pulmonary Hypertension in Individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2014, 11: 1553-1559. PMID: 25375659, PMCID: PMC4298977, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201405-225oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary artery systolic pressureEchocardiographic pulmonary hypertensionModerate right ventricular dysfunctionHIV-HCV coinfectionRight ventricular dysfunctionPulmonary hypertensionHIV-HCVHCV treatmentRisk factorsVentricular dysfunctionHCV diagnosisVirus infectionHuman Immunodeficiency Virus–Hepatitis C Virus CoinfectionChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionEstimated pulmonary artery systolic pressureHigher pulmonary artery systolic pressurePrevalence of PHRisk of PHDevelopment of PHHepatitis C virus infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionC virus coinfectionC virus infectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionPulmonary vascular disease