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Microcirculatory vascular dysfunction in HIV-1 infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20536743     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether HIV-1 infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and HIV-1 infected patients who had never received HAART had differences in their vascular microcirculatory function. METHODS: We assessed the forearm blood flow before and after four minutes of ischemic occlusion of the brachial artery using venous occlusion strain gauge plethysmography. The hyperaemic forearm blood flow was recorded for three minutes at 15 second intervals. We calculated the maximal percent increase of the forearm blood flow during hyperemia. Forty HIV-infected male patients receiving HAART were compared to 20 age- and BMI- matched, male HIV-infected patients who had never received HAART (control group). RESULTS: Patients on HAART had similar baseline forearm blood flow but lower maximal and percentage (%) change in forearm blood flow than control patients (4.2 +/- 1.7 vs. 4.1 +/- 1.7 l/ 100mL/min P = 0.8, 32 +/- 11.2 vs. 38.9 +/- 10.5 l/100 mL/min. P = 0.04 and 714 +/- 255 vs. 907 +/- 325%, P = 0.01, respectively). Patients receiving HAART had higher cholesterol than control patients (221 +/- 58 vs. 163 +/- 38 mg/dL, P = 0.001). HAART was associated with the percentage change in the blood flow during hyperemia (coefficient regression B = -0.32, P = 0.02) after adjustment for age, cholesterol and viral load. CONCLUSIONS: HIV-infected patients receiving HAART present abnormalities of arterial microcirculation in comparison with never-treated patients.
Authors:
John Palios; Ignatios Ikonomidis; John Lekakis; Sotirios Tsiodras; Garyfalia Poulakou; Anastasia Antoniadou; Periklis Panagopoulos; Antonios Papadopoulos; Helen Giamarellou; Maria Anastasiou-Nana; Dimitrios Kremastinos
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994)     Volume:  17     ISSN:  1549-8719     ISO Abbreviation:  Microcirculation     Publication Date:  2010 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-11     Completed Date:  2010-09-14     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9434935     Medline TA:  Microcirculation     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  303-10     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Second Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / adverse effects*
Blood Flow Velocity / drug effects
Case-Control Studies
Forearm
HIV Infections / complications,  drug therapy*,  physiopathology*
HIV-1*
Humans
Hyperemia / physiopathology
Hyperlipidemias / etiology,  physiopathology
Male
Microcirculation / drug effects*,  physiology
Middle Aged
Plethysmography

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