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- Document 0735
- DOCN M9620735
- TI Pericardial effusion in AIDS. Incidence and survival.
- DT 9602
- AU Heidenreich PA; Eisenberg MJ; Kee LL; Somelofski CA; Hollander H;
- Schiller NB; Cheitlin MD; Division of Cardiology, University of
- California, San Francisco,; USA.
- SO Circulation. 1995 Dec 1;92(11):3229-34. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
- MED/96080076
- AB BACKGROUND: Although pericardial effusion is known to be common among
- patients infected with HIV, the incidence of pericardial effusion and
- its relation to survival have never been described. METHODS AND RESULTS:
- To evaluate the incidence of pericardial effusion and its relation to
- mortality in HIV-positive subjects, 601 echocardiograms were performed
- on 231 subjects recruited over a 5-year period (inception cohort: 59
- subjects with asymptomatic HIV, 62 subjects with AIDS-related complex,
- and 74 subjects with AIDS; 21 HIV-negative healthy gay men; and 15
- subjects with non-HIV end-stage medical illness). Echocardiograms were
- performed every 3 to 6 months (82% had follow-up studies). Sixteen
- subjects were diagnosed with effusions (prevalence of effusion for AIDS
- subjects entering the study was 5%). Thirteen subjects developed
- effusions during follow-up; 12 of these were subjects with AIDS
- (incidence, 11%/y). The majority of effusions (80%) were small and
- asymptomatic. The survival of AIDS subjects with effusions was
- significantly shorter (36% at 6 months) than survival for AIDS subjects
- without effusions (93% at 6 months). This shortened survival remained
- significant (relative risk, 2.2, P = .01) after adjustment for lead time
- bias and was independent of CD4 count and albumin level. CONCLUSIONS:
- There is a high incidence of pericardial effusion in patients with AIDS,
- and the presence of an effusion is associated with shortened survival.
- The development of an effusion in the setting of HIV infection suggests
- end-stage HIV disease (AIDS).
- DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS/MORTALITY Adult
- AIDS-Related Complex/*COMPLICATIONS/MORTALITY Case-Control Studies
- Cohort Studies Comparative Study Echocardiography Human HIV
- Seronegativity Incidence Male Middle Age Pericardial
- Effusion/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*ETIOLOGY/ULTRASONOGRAPHY Prevalence Prospective
- Studies Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Survival Analysis Time Factors
- JOURNAL ARTICLE
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- SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
- protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).
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