Cardiac diseases in AIDS natural history, complications and prognosis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]
Complications
Complications from involvement of heart in AIDS include:
- Cardiac tamponade from severe pericardial effusions [1]
- Heart failure from dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)
- Systemic embolization and stroke from infective endocarditis
- Valvular regurgitations
- Heart blocks
- Superior vena caval syndrome due to cardiac tumors
- Death
Prognosis
Pericarditis in AIDS is associated with bad prognosis [1]. Mortality is significantly higher with shortened survival.