Decreased Heart Rate Variability in HIV Positive Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy: Importance of Blood Glucose and Cholesterol

The presence of autonomic dysfunction in HIV patients is largely unknown. Early studies found autonomic dysfunction in patients with AIDS. Antiretroviral combination therapy (ART) has dramatically changed the course of the disease and improved prognosis and decreased morbidity. To evaluate whether a...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 6; no. 5; p. e20196
Main Authors:	Askgaard, Gro, Kristoffersen, Ulrik Sloth, Mehlsen, Jesper, Kronborg, Gitte, Kjaer, Andreas, Lebech, Anne-Mette
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 31.05.2011 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS Analysis Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use Antiretroviral agents Antiretroviral drugs Antiretroviral therapy Biology Blood glucose Blood Glucose - metabolism Cardiology CD4 antigen Cholesterol Cholesterol - blood Collaboration Correlation Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Dideoxynucleosides - therapeutic use Drug therapy Drugs Echocardiography EKG Electrocardiography Glucose Glycated Hemoglobin A - metabolism Glycosylated hemoglobin Health care Heart attacks Heart rate Heart Rate - physiology Hemoglobin Highly active antiretroviral therapy HIV HIV Infections - blood HIV Infections - drug therapy HIV Infections - metabolism HIV Infections - physiopathology HIV patients Hospitals Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Hypercholesterolemia Hypertension Identification methods Infections Infectious diseases Insulin resistance Intervals Low density lipoprotein Low density lipoproteins Medical research Medicine Morbidity Mortality Nuclear medicine Parasympathetic nervous system Patients Peripheral neuropathy Physiology Population Prognosis Protease inhibitors Proteases Proteinase inhibitors Ribonucleic acid RNA Therapy Variability Denmark
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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