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Review
. 2001 Aug;94(8):384-90.
doi: 10.1177/014107680109400804.

Cardiovascular manifestations of HIV infection

G Barbaro  1
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Review

Cardiovascular manifestations of HIV infection

G Barbaro. J R Soc Med. 2001 Aug.
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Figure 1
Dilated cardiomyopathy in AIDS patient. The heart has a globular shape with rounded apex due to ventricular dilation. The left ventricular cavity is enlarged, with mild myocardial hypertrophy. There is diffuse endocardial fibrous thickening
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Figure 2
Fibrinous pericarditis in AIDS patient induced by M. avium intracellulare infection. Note focal thickening of epicardium suggesting simultaneous involvement of myocardium below
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Figure 3
Candida albicans endocarditis of tricuspid valve in drug abuser with AIDS (necropsy finding). A large polypoid thrombotic lesion is seen on the posterior leaflet
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Figure 4
Cardiac Kaposi's sarcoma in AIDS patient. The epicardial lesions appear as red purple coalescent plaques
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