HIV-associated pulmonary hypertension: case report.
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2008Author
Shavadia, J
Das, S
Yonga, G
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With the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy, there has been a significant change in the epidemiology of pulmonary disease in HIV/AIDS. The relative prevalence of non-infectious manifestations is likely to rise. HIV associated pulmonary hypertension (HIV-PH), albeit low prevalence, is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Presently, despite having scanty evidence on the management modalities of HIV-PH, evidence extrapolated from idiopathic pulmonary hypertension is being utilised to effectively manage some of these patients. Efforts should therefore be made to screen, diagnose and treat these patients. A case of a thirty year old female with HIV disease and severe pulmonary hypertension is presented
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19413210http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/31718
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East Afr Med J. 2008 Nov;85(11):564-7Publisher
University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10378]