Abstract

LEITE, Gisela Santos; FERNANDES, Vânia  and  ROCHA, Rui. The past and future of HIV infection: a clinical case. Rev Port Med Geral Fam [online]. 2022, vol.38, n.5, pp.512-515.  Epub Oct 31, 2022. ISSN 2182-5173.  https://doi.org/10.32385/rpmgf.v38i5.13121.

The prognosis of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients has significantly improved over the last decades. On the one hand, with the development of antiretroviral therapy (ART), Kaposi sarcoma (KS) has become a rare complication. On the other hand, with the increase in life expectancy of this population, an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI), persists despite ART and that cannot be fully explained by traditional cardiovascular risk factors. The authors describe a case of an HIV-infected young male, without consistent ART, with a recent diagnosis of KS and AMI. This article highlights the facts that may have led to the occurrence of these diseases, showing that KS is not a disease of the past and demonstrating the risk of cardiovascular diseases in HIV-infected patients.

Keywords : HIV; Kaposi syndrome; Acute myocardial infarction.

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