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{{WBRQuestion
|QuestionAuthor=Raviteja Reddy Guddeti MBBS, Aarti Narayan MBBS
|ExamType=USMLE Step 2 CK Flash Card
|MainCategory=Internal medicine
|SubCategory=Cardiovascular
|Prompt=What is the most common cardiac manifestation of HIV?
|Explanation=The correct answer is pericardial effusion. Common causes of pericardial effusion in HIV infection are mycobacterial infections and neoplasms like lymphoma and kaposi’s sarcoma.
|AnswerA=Myocardial infarction
|AnswerB=Myocarditis
|AnswerC=Pericardial effusion
|AnswerD=Angina
|AnswerE=Endocarditis
|RightAnswer=C
|Approved=Yes
}}