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September 2007 Cover
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HIV-infected patients on HAART are not in imminent danger of suffering a myocardial infarction (MI), according to an editorial by James Stein, published in the
New England Journal of Medicine.
Dr. Stein's editorial appears in NEJM alongside study findings which associated the use of protease inhibitors with a 16 percent greater MI risk per year of exposure. Dr. Stein points out that even with the increased risk, the
overall odds that a patient taking protease inhibitors will experience an MI are very low -- and other factors, such as smoking cigarettes or simply being male, appear to play a much larger role than protease inhibitors. Further, Dr.
Stein points out, the long-term cardiovascular effects of untreated HIV infection may well pose a higher risk than the possible cardiovascular risks associated with antiretroviral use.
from TheBodyPro.com
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