Bilateral leg swelling as the initial and predominant presentation of HIV and associated pulmonary arterial hypertension

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 293-296

  Cheung, Winson Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEG SWELLING; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EDEMA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34249653445     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2006.0025     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Smit C, Geskus R, Uitenbroek D, et al. Declining AIDS mortality in Amsterdam: contributions of declining HI_V incidence and effective therapy. Epidemiology 2004;15:536-542.
2. Messeri P, Lee G, Abramson DM, Aidala A, Chiasson MA, Jessop DJ. Antiretroviral therapy and declining AIDS mortality in New York City. Med Care 2003;41:5 12-521.
3. Asherson RA, Gomez-Puerta JA, Marinopoulos G. Recurrent pulmonary thromboembolism in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and HIV-1 infection associated with the presence of antibodies to prothrombin. Clin Infect Dis 2005;41:e89-92.
4. Chuesakoolvanich K, Boonsawat W, Mootsikapun P, Kiatchousakun S. HIV-associated primary pulmonary hypertension: A first case report in Thailand and literature review. J Med Assoc Thai 2005;88:979-983.
5. Seoane L, Shellito J, Welsh D, de Boisblanc BP. Pulmonary hypertension associated with HIV infection. South Med J 2001;94:635-639.
6. Steinbrook RS. The AIDS epidemic. N Engl J Med 2004;351:115.
7. Speich R, Jenni R, Opravil M, Pfab M, Russi EW. Primary pulmonary hypertension in HIV infection. Chest 1991;100:1268-1271.
8. Grossman W, Braunwald E. Pulmonary hypertension. In: Braunwald E, ed. Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 4th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1992, pp. 20-24.
9. Pellicelli AM, Palmieri F, Cicalini S, Petrosillo N. Pathogenesis of HIV-related pulmonary hypertension. Ann NY Acad Sci 2001;946:82-94.
10. Golpe R, Fernandez-Infante B, Fernandez-Rozas S. Primary pulmonary hypertension associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Postgrad Med J 1998;74:400-404.
11. Conraads VM, Colebunders RL, Boshoff C, et al. Primary pulmonary hypertension in a patient with HIV infection. Acta Cardiol 1998;53:367-369.
12. Wong AR, Rasool AH, Abidin NZ, Noor AR, Quah BS. Sildenafil as treatment for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-related pulmonary hypertension in a child. J Paediatr Child Health 2006;42:147-148.
13. Zuber JP, Calmy A, Evison JM, et al. Pulmonary arterial hypertension related to HIV infection: Improved hemodynamics and survival associated with antiretroviral therapy. Clin Infect Dis 2004;38: 1178-1185.
14. Zinkernagel AS, von Overbeck J, Opravil M, Jenni R, Speich R, Mueller NJ. Long-term survival and interruption of HAART in HIV-related pulmonary hypertension. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2005;24: 153-155.
15. Pellicelli AM, D'Ambrosio C, Vizza CD, et al. HIV-related pulmonary hypertension from pathogenesis to clinical aspects. Acta Cardiol 2004;59:323-330.