AIDS and heart disease

• Other Authors: Watson, Ronald R. (Ronald Ross) (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York M. Dekker 2004
• Subjects: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > complications; Cocaine > adverse effects; Heart Diseases > etiology; Heart Diseases > prevention & control; HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
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• Physical Description: 411 pages illustrations 26 cm.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780824741150; 0824741153

The first reference to collect the latest research and reviews on the treatment and pathogenesis of heart disease in AIDS patients, this reference attempts to improve the diagnosis, management, and therapy of HIV-associated heart failure by studying the prolonged effects of immunosuppression and opportunistic and viral infection, as well as cofactors affecting heart disease such as drug-related cardiotoxicity, cocaine abuse, and nutritional deficiencies on cardiac function