2022
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
2018
Association of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease
Beckman JA, Duncan MS, Alcorn CW, So-Armah K, Butt AA, Goetz M, Tindle HA, Sico J, Tracy RP, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. Association of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease. Circulation 2018, 138: 255-265. PMID: 29535090, PMCID: PMC6050082, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.032647.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of PADIncident PAD eventsPeripheral artery diseaseHuman immunodeficiency virusCD4 cell countTraditional atherosclerotic risk factorsPAD risk factorsAtherosclerotic risk factorsPAD eventsRisk factorsCell countUninfected veteransCD4 cellsArtery diseaseHIV infectionHIV statusViral loadCells/Peripheral artery disease eventsPrior peripheral artery diseaseHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionVeterans Aging Cohort StudyHIV-1 ribonucleic acidHIV infection statusHIV viral load