Atrial arrhythmia prevalence and characteristics for human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons and matched uninfected controls.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected (HIV+) persons have elevated risks for various manifestations of cardiovascular disease (CVD). No studies to our knowledge have compared atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) prevalence and associated characteristics for HIV+ persons and matched uninfected controls. METHODS AND FINDINGS:Persons with diagnoses of HIV receiving care at a large urban academic medical center were frequency-matched 1:2 on age, sex, race, zip code, and clinic location with uninfected persons. Possible AF/AFL was screened for using administrative codes and diagnoses of AF/AFL were subsequently adjudicated using electrocardiography and physician notes; adjudication was performed given the inconsistent validity of administrative code-derived AF diagnoses

SUBMITTER: Sanders JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860783 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature