Relationship between ankle-brachial index and carotid intima-media thickness in HIV-infected patients. AIDS (London, England) [AIDS] Journal article | | Title | Relationship between ankle-brachial index and carotid intima-media thickness in HIV-infected patients. | | Author(s) | Gutiérrez F, Bernal E, Padilla S, Hernández I, Masiá M | | Institution | Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain. | | Source | AIDS 2008 Jul 11; 22(11):1369-71. | | Abstract | Both low and high ankle-brachial index are considered as indicators of systemic atherosclerosis in older HIV-negative adults. Whether those ankle-brachial index values are predictors of atherosclerosis in HIV-positive subjects remains unknown. We measured ankle-brachial index in 139 HIV-infected patients and compared the results obtained with carotid intima-media thickness, a well established marker of subclinic atherosclerosis. Ankle-brachial index was associated with carotid intima-media thickness. Patients with low ankle-brachial index, but not those with high ankle-brachial index, had high carotid intima-media thickness. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
| | PubMed ID | 18580617 |
|
|
| |
Advertise on this site.
| | |
|
