HIV as a risk factor for cardiac disease in Botswana: A cross-sectional study

International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-37

  Schwartz, Thomas ^a,b,c,d   Magdi, Girgis ^c   Steen, Tore W ^e,f   Sjaastad, Ivar ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c PRINCESS MARINA HOSPITAL   (Botswana)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

^f Health and Welfare Authority   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; Cardiomegaly; Cardiomyopathy; Heart diseases; HIV; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DISEASE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART THORAX INDEX; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 84857455430     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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