Yoko Kato, Bharath Ambale-Venkatesh, Mahim Naveed, Sanyog G Shitole, Qi Peng, Jeffrey M Levsky, Linda B Haramati, Karen Ordovas, Susan M Noworolski, Yoo Jin Lee, Ryung S Kim, Jason M Lazar, Kathryn Anastos, Phyllis C Tien, Robert C Kaplan, Joao A C Lima, Jorge R Kizer
BACKGROUND: People with HIV (PWH) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has documented higher myocardial fibrosis, inflammation and steatosis in PWH, but studies have mostly relied on healthy volunteers as comparators and focused on men. METHODS: We investigated the associations of HIV and HIV-specific factors with CMR phenotypes in female participants enrolled in the Women's Interagency HIV Study's New York and San Francisco sites...
February 13, 2024: Clinical Infectious Diseases