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HIV/AIDS patients at higher risk of cardiac death: studyWashington (AFP) May 14, 2012 People suffering from HIV/AIDS are at much higher risk than the general population of sudden cardiac death, researchers in California have found. In a paper published Monday in the "Journal of the American College of Cardiology," two professors at the University of California-San Francisco show incidents of "sudden cardiac death" to be four times higher for HIV/AIDS patients, a result the researchers found surprising, according to a university press release. "The fact that the vast majority of c ... read more |
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