Pakkeer Kannu, Syed Fahrudeen Munnaver (2014) A study on Echocardiographic findings in HIV-infected patients and their correlation with CD4 count. Masters thesis, Madras Medical College, Chennai.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE : With advances in the management of patients with HIV and AIDS, not only survival has increased but manifestations of late stage HIV infection are encountered more often including cardiovascular complications. Cardiovascular disease has been reported as one of the leading causes of death in HIV-infected patients. In the present study our purpose was to study echocardiographic findings in HIV-infected patients and to correlate with CD4 count. METHODS : We included 100 patients with HIV infection irrespective of the ART status.CD4 count was estimated for all the patients and all of them were subjected to Echocardiographic examination. RESULTS : When CD4 count was compared within the age group it was not statistically significant (p=0.098) and so was the comparison between the two sexes (p=0.529). The comparison of the CD4 count and ART status was statistically significant (p<0.001) and so was the comparison of LVDD among the study group (p<0.001). The comparison of CD4 count with presence of Pericardial effusion was statistically significant (p=0.013) and so was the comparison of EF and PAH among the study group (p<0.001 for both). The comparison of CD4 with DCM was statistically insignificant(p=0.314). CONCLUSIONS : Cardiovascular manifestations are common in HIV infected patients and often subclinical. Echocardiography is used for their early recognition and CD4 count correlates well with Echocardiographic findings.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HIV-infection, AIDS, Antiretroviral Therapy, CD4 cell count, Echocardiography. |
| Subjects: | MEDICAL > General Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Pushparaj A |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2017 11:34 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2018 02:52 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/1288 |
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