Risk of cardiovascular events and blood pressure control in hypertensive HIV-infected patients: Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS)

Nüesch, Reto; Wang, Qing; Elzi, Luigia; Bernasconi, Enos; Weber, Rainer; Cavassini, Matthias; Vernazza, Pietro; Thurnheer, Maria C; Calmy, Alexandra; Battegay, Manuel; Bucher, Heiner C

doi:10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182847cd0

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Risk of cardiovascular events and blood pressure control in hypertensive HIV-infected patients: Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS)

ContributorsNüesch, Reto; Wang, Qing; Elzi, Luigia; Bernasconi, Enos; Weber, Rainer; Cavassini, Matthias; Vernazza, Pietro; Thurnheer, Maria C; Calmy, Alexandra

; Battegay, Manuel; Bucher, Heiner C

Published inJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes, vol. 62, no. 4, p. 396-404

Publication date2013

Abstract

Prevalence of hypertension in HIV infection is high, and information on blood pressure control in HIV-infected individuals is insufficient. We modeled blood pressure over time and the risk of cardiovascular events in hypertensive HIV-infected individuals.

Keywords

Adult
Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Diseases/complications
Cohort Studies
Female
HIV Infections/complications/physiopathology
Humans
Hypertension/complications/physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Switzerland

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

VIH/SIDA (930)

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NÜESCH, Reto et al. Risk of cardiovascular events and blood pressure control in hypertensive HIV-infected patients: Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS). In: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes, 2013, vol. 62, n° 4, p. 396–404. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182847cd0

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PID : unige:33909
DOI : 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182847cd0
PMID : 23288033

Journal ISSN1525-4135

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Risk of cardiovascular events and blood pressure control in hypertensive HIV-infected patients: Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS)

Prevalence of hypertension in HIV infection is high, and information on blood pressure control in HIV-infected individuals is insufficient. We modeled blood pressure over time and the risk of cardiovascular events in hypertensive HIV-infected individuals.

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