Systolic function evaluated with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in HIV-infected patients
SA Journal of Radiology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Systolic function evaluated with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in HIV-infected patients | |
| Creator | Scholtz, Leonie du Plessis, André Andronikou, Savvas Swart, Anelia Stoltz, Anton Khan, Aneesah Moosa, Aqeela | |
| Description | Background: Of all areas worldwide, sub-Saharan Africa is worst affected by the HIV and/or AIDS epidemic. Cardiovascular manifestations are very common and are a powerful contributor to mortality, but often go undetected. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is the most reliable method of assessing cardiac function and morphology and, with this in mind, we initiated a cross-sectional study comparing CMR-determined morphological and functional parameters in asymptomatic HIV-infected patients who were not yet on treatment and early in the disease, with HIV-uninfected control patients.Objectives: To ascertain whether there were any morphological abnormalities or systolic functional impairments on CMR in untreated asymptomatic HIV-infected patients, compared with HIV-uninfected control individuals.Methods: The CMR studies were performed using a 1.5-T whole-body clinical magnetic resonance 16-channel scanner (Achieva, Philips Medical Systems, Best, The Netherlands), using a cardiac five-element phased-array receiver coil (SENSE coil). Functional assessment was performed on 36 HIV-infected patients and the findings compared with 35 HIV-uninfected control patients who were matched for age and sex.Results: There was no significant difference in systolic function between the HIV-uninfected and the HIV-infected patients. The left ventricular end diastolic mass (LVEDM) was slightly higher in the HIV-infected group, but this was statistically insignificant.Conclusion: No significant differences were found regarding the CMR systolic functional analysis and morphological parameters between the HIV-infected and the healthy volunteers. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2016-11-11 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajr.v20i2.1044 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Radiology; Vol 20, No 2 (2016); 5 pages 2078-6778 1027-202X | |
| Language | eng | |
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