HIV disease and acute coronary syndromes

Acute coronary syndromes in patients with HIV

Highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) has considerably increased the life expectancy of patients infected with HIV. Coronary artery disease is a leading cause of mortality in patients infected with HIV. This is primarily attributed to their increased survival, HAART-induced metabolic derangements, and to HIV itself. The pathophysiology of atherosclerosis in HIV is both multifactorial a...

Prognostic value of C-Reactive Protein in Acute Coronary Syndromes

Introduction: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is among the most common, serious, chronic and life- threatening illnesses in the world. CAD represents a spectrum of conditions, with acute myocardial infarction at one end of it and silent ischemia at the other. There is growing evidence on importance of prognosis of C- reactive protein (CPR) in unstable angina and this protein is a maker of an adve...

Coronary disease. Acute coronary syndromes: presentation--clinical spectrum and management.

[Acute coronary syndromes and multivessel coronary artery disease].

22 The current issue of REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGÍA includes an article by De la Torre et al1 that describes a retrospective study of 75 consecutive patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), with and without ST segment elevation, who underwent coronary angiography and angioplasty. These patients (Group A) hade the peculiarity that, other than the treated culprit lesion, theyhad at least ...

Coronary disease MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES: AN UPDATE

Correspondence to: Professor Keith A A Fox, Cardiovascular Research Unit, Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Chancellor’s Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK; [email protected] _________________________ A cute coronary syndrome (ACS) describes a spectrum of clinical conditions ranging from ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) to non-S...