| Literature DB >> 24497889 |
Aneta Cybula-Walczak1, Filip M Szymanski2, Anna E Platek2, Grzegorz Karpinski2.
Abstract
We report a case of a 52-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected male patient receiving combined antiretroviral therapy (cART), who presented with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). He was properly treated (e.g., prescribed anti-coagulation drugs: aspirin, clopidogrel, enoxaparin) and discharged. After 1.5 months, another STEMI related with in-stent thrombosis took place. The cART scheme was altered, resulting in no further cardiac events in the follow-up period, with undetectable levels of HIV ribonucleic acid. This case highlights the association between HIV infection and the specific drugs of cART, and the risk of cardiovascular disease development.Entities:
Keywords: Antiretroviral therapy; Human immunodeficiency virus; Myocardial infarction
Year: 2014 PMID: 24497889 PMCID: PMC3905115 DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2014.44.1.42
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean Circ J ISSN: 1738-5520 Impact factor: 3.243