OBJECTIVES: To assess the incidence and the clinical features of coronary heart disease in HIV-infected patients. To assess atherosclerosis risk factors in this population. METHODS: A review of our experience consisting of 16 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was the basis of our retrospective analysis of two cohorts in France. Incidence was compared with the national database on the incidence of AMI in the general population. RESULTS: Incidence appears to be between 5 and 5.5 per 1000 person-years among HIV-infected patients. This accounts for at least a threefold increase in incidence (1.52 per 1000 person-years reported in the Monica database registry in France). Age of onset of AMI in HIV-infected patients (younger than 50 years in most cases) is a point of major concern and is an indirect way to confirm the increased incidence. AMI was typically of sudden onset without prior history of angina pectoris. Treatment and prognosis of AMI in this population has no specificity. Patients with coronary heart disease present several risk factors such as tobacco smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and low high-density lipoprotein level. The links between AMI and protease inhibitor exposure is still a matter of debate, and longer duration of follow-up is needed in order to reach any conclusion. CONCLUSIONS: Coronary heart disease is of a higher than expected incidence in HIV-infected patients. The limitation of risk factors (mainly tobacco smoking) is a new challenge. An adaptation of the Framingham score is necessary to state the individual risk. Prospective, controlled studies are necessary to assess new strategies such as the role of statins and switching therapeutic regimens.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the incidence and the clinical features of coronary heart disease in HIV-infectedpatients. To assess atherosclerosis risk factors in this population. METHODS: A review of our experience consisting of 16 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was the basis of our retrospective analysis of two cohorts in France. Incidence was compared with the national database on the incidence of AMI in the general population. RESULTS: Incidence appears to be between 5 and 5.5 per 1000 person-years among HIV-infectedpatients. This accounts for at least a threefold increase in incidence (1.52 per 1000 person-years reported in the Monica database registry in France). Age of onset of AMI in HIV-infectedpatients (younger than 50 years in most cases) is a point of major concern and is an indirect way to confirm the increased incidence. AMI was typically of sudden onset without prior history of angina pectoris. Treatment and prognosis of AMI in this population has no specificity. Patients with coronary heart disease present several risk factors such as tobacco smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and low high-density lipoprotein level. The links between AMI and protease inhibitor exposure is still a matter of debate, and longer duration of follow-up is needed in order to reach any conclusion. CONCLUSIONS:Coronary heart disease is of a higher than expected incidence in HIV-infectedpatients. The limitation of risk factors (mainly tobacco smoking) is a new challenge. An adaptation of the Framingham score is necessary to state the individual risk. Prospective, controlled studies are necessary to assess new strategies such as the role of statins and switching therapeutic regimens.
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