Kaku A So-Armah, Joseph K Lim, Vincent Lo Re, Janet P Tate, Chung-Chou H Chang, Adeel A Butt, Cynthia L Gibert, David Rimland, Vincent C Marconi, Matthew B Goetz, Maria C Rodriguez-Barradas, Matthew J Budoff, Hilary A Tindle, Jeffrey H Samet, Amy C Justice, Matthew S Freiberg
Liver fibrosis is common, particularly in individuals who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV-infected individuals have excess congestive heart failure (CHF) risk compared with uninfected people. It remains unknown whether liver fibrosis stage influences the CHF risk or if HIV or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection modifies this association. Our objectives were to assess whether 1) stage of liver fibrosis is independently associated with incident CHF and 2) the association between stage of liver fibrosis and incident CHF is modified by HIV/HCV status...
October 2017: Hepatology: Official Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases