HIV-positive patients treated with protease inhibitors have vascular changes resembling those observed in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Clinical Science

Volumn 115, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 189-196

  Lekakis, John ^a   Tsiodras, Sotirios ^a   Ikonomidis, Ignatios ^a   Palios, John ^a   Poulakou, Garyfalia ^a   Rallidis, Loukianos ^a   Antoniadou, Anastasia ^a   Panagopoulos, Periklis ^a   Papadopoulos, Antonios ^a   Giamarellou, Helen ^a   Kremastinos, Dimitrios T ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Endothelial function; Flow mediated vasodilation (FMD); Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART); HIV; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV PROTEASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 50949087351     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20070353     Document Type: Article

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