Dysrhythmic profile of human immunodeficiency virus infected patients

We prospectively studied, with 24-h Holter monitoring, 21 consecutive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients, at all stages of the infection, in order to assess their dysrhythmic profile. Three (14.3%) patients presented one isolated run of supraventricular tachycardia, with < 10 be...

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Published in:International journal of cardiology 1995-05, Vol.49 (3), p.249-255
Main Authors: Cardoso, J., Mota-Miranda, A., Cruz, A., Gomes, M.H., Oliveira, P., Rocha-Gonçalves, F., Lecour, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
AIDS/HIV
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - complications
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - diagnostic imaging
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - physiopathology
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac arrhythmias
Cardiac impulse conduction disturbances
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
Female
Heart Block - complications
Heart Conduction System - physiopathology
HIV Infections - complications
HIV Infections - physiopathology
Holter monitoring
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Immunodeficiencies
Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies
Immunopathology
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tachycardia - complications
Ultrasonography
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Summary:We prospectively studied, with 24-h Holter monitoring, 21 consecutive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients, at all stages of the infection, in order to assess their dysrhythmic profile. Three (14.3%) patients presented one isolated run of supraventricular tachycardia, with < 10 beats, that was considered clinically irrelevant. No patient presented other clinically relevant supraventricular or ventricular tachy or bradydysrhythmias. One (4.8%) patient presented intermittent Mobitz type I second-degree AV block, two (9.5%) patients paroxistic 2:1 AV block and one (4.8%) patient presented a bifascicular block on the 12-lead ECG that persisted during the ambulatory recording. This study suggests that clinically relevant cardiac tachydysrhythimias are rare in our population of HIV infected patients. On the other hand we found an unexpectedly high incidence of cardiac impulse conduction disturbances.
ISSN:0167-5273
1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/0167-5273(95)02313-L