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. 2023 Dec;55(4):471-478.
doi: 10.3947/ic.2023.0050. Epub 2023 Nov 17.

Mortality After Acute Coronary Syndrome in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection with Optimal Adherence: A Nationwide Study

Hyemin Jung  1 , Eunyoung Lee  2 , Jun-Soo Ro  1 , Jin Yong Lee #  1   3 , Jihwan Bang #  4
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Mortality After Acute Coronary Syndrome in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection with Optimal Adherence: A Nationwide Study

Hyemin Jung et al. Infect Chemother. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

Background: There have been few studies on the outcome of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the era when antiretroviral therapy (ART) is generalized and most of them have achieved viral suppression. Using claims data, we aimed to assess the mortality after atherosclerotic cardiovascular events in people with HIV (PWH) who maintain optimal adherence to ART.

Materials and methods: We used claims data from the National Health Insurance of the Korea to confirm newly diagnosed PWH from 2009 to 2019, and measured ART adherence. ACS and mortality were confirmed in PWH who showed optimal adherence to ART.

Results: Among 7,100 PWH with optimal adherence and during 27,387 person-year of follow-up duration, ACS was confirmed in 140 (2.0%) cases, which was 1.3 times greater than statistics of the Korean general population (511.0 vs. 383.1 per 100,000). Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus were associated with the development of ACS in PWH with optimal adherence. Mortality was confirmed in 10 cases, which is 7.1% overall and 2.9% when limited to myocardial infarction. It was comparable with the mortality rate of the Korean general population after myocardial infarction (8.9%).

Conclusion: ACS prevalence was higher in PWH even when optimal adherence was maintained. However, mortality after ACS was comparable to that in the HIV-negative population.

Keywords: Anti-retroviral agents; Epidemiology; HIV; Insurance claim review; Myocardial infarction.

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