Global Health Faculty Publishes on Risk of Myocardial Infarction Among People Living with HIV
October 17, 2019
Dr. Oghenowede Eyawo, a new member of the Global Health Faculty at York University, recently published a paper titled Risk of myocardial infarction among people living with HIV: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis in BMJ Open.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading non-AIDS-defining causes of death among HIV-positive (HIV+) individuals. However, the evidence surrounding specific components of CVD risk remains inconclusive. Dr. Eyawo and his co-authors conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesise the available evidence and establish the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) among HIV+ compared with uninfected individuals. They also examined MI risk within subgroups of HIV+ individuals according to exposure to combination antiretroviral therapy (ART), ART class/regimen, CD4 cell count and plasma viral load (pVL) levels.
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