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Elias Sanidas, Dimitris P Papadopoulos, Maria Velliou, Kostas Tsioufis, John Barbetseas, Vasilios Papademetriou, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection And Hypertension. Is There a Connection?, American Journal of Hypertension, Volume 31, Issue 4, April 2018, Pages 389–393, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpx208
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Abstract
Data support that hypertension (HTN) is prevalent among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients contributing to increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Immunodeficiency and prolonged antiretroviral treatment along with common risk factors including older age, male gender, and high body mass index might conduce to greater incidence of HTN. The purpose of this review was to summarize recent evidence of the increased cardiovascular risk in these patents linking HIV infection to HTN.