Baseline, Time-Updated, and Cumulative HIV Care Metrics for Predicting Acute Myocardial Infarction and All-Cause Mortality

Conclusions. Time-updated VACS Index provided better AMI and mortality prediction than CD4 count and HIV-1 RNA, suggesting that current health determines risk more accurately than prior history and that risk assessment can be improved by biomarkers of organ injury.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases - November 11, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Salinas, J. L., Rentsch, C., Marconi, V. C., Tate, J., Budoff, M., Butt, A. A., Freiberg, M. S., Gibert, C. L., Goetz, M. B., Leaf, D., Rodriguez-Barradas, M. C., Justice, A. C., Rimland, D. Tags: ARTICLES AND COMMENTARIES Source Type: research