Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: My primary thesis focus deals with understanding the pathology behind cardiovascular disease across disease states; retroviral (HIV/AIDS), diabetes related cardiovascular complications, and finally development of atrial arrhythmias (Section I, II & III), in an attempt to provide novel mechanistic acting synergistically.The mechanism behind the toxicities poorly defined, though many possible avenues for study have been suggested.And furthermore, even in this uniquely vulnerable population, the effect of traditional risk factors such as smoking, age, diet and exercise are still important and must not be overlooked.Whatever the mechanism of toxicity, it appears, that much like the diabetic population, the HIV+ population, is high risk for development of cardiovascular disease, especially atherosclerosis, and hence should be prospectively managed as a pre-cardiac patient population.
Author: Reshma S. Baliga
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2520425883