Severity of Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Among Patients With HIV Is Related to Markers of Inflammation and Coagulation

BACKGROUND: In the general population, raised levels of inflammatory markers are stronger predictors of fatal than nonfatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. People with HIV have elevated levels of interleukin‐6 (IL‐6), high‐sensitivity C‐reactive protein (hsCRP), and D‐dimer; HIV‐induced activat...

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Published in:J Am Heart Assoc
Main Authors: Nordell, Anna D., McKenna, Matthew, Borges, Álvaro H., Duprez, Daniel, Neuhaus, Jacqueline, Neaton, James D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309077/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24870935
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.114.000844
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