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Lembas A, Załęski A, Peller M, Mikuła T, Wiercińska-Drapało A. Human Immunodeficiency Virus as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease. Cardiovasc Toxicol 2024; 24:1-14. [PMID: 37982976 PMCID: PMC10838226 DOI: 10.1007/s12012-023-09815-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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The developments in HIV treatments have increased the life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLWH), a situation that makes cardiovascular disease (CVD) in that population as relevant as ever. PLWH are at increased risk of CVD, and our understanding of the underlying mechanisms is continually increasing. HIV infection is associated with elevated levels of multiple proinflammatory molecules, including IL-6, IL-1β, VCAM-1, ICAM-1, TNF-α, TGF-β, osteopontin, sCD14, hs-CRP, and D-dimer. Other currently examined mechanisms include CD4 + lymphocyte depletion, increased intestinal permeability, microbial translocation, and altered cholesterol metabolism. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) leads to decreases in the concentrations of the majority of proinflammatory molecules, although most remain higher than in the general population. Moreover, adverse effects of ART also play an important role in increased CVD risk, especially in the era of rapid advancement of new therapeutical options. Nevertheless, it is currently believed that HIV plays a more significant role in the development of metabolic syndromes than treatment-associated factors. PLWH being more prone to develop CVD is also due to the higher prevalence of smoking and chronic coinfections with viruses such as HCV and HBV. For these reasons, it is crucial to consider HIV a possible causal factor in CVD occurrence, especially among young patients or individuals without common CVD risk factors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Agnieszka Lembas
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
- Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Warsaw, Poland.
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- 1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Warsaw, Poland
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Hatleberg CI, Ryom L, Sabin C. Cardiovascular risks associated with protease inhibitors for the treatment of HIV. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2021; 20:1351-1366. [PMID: 34047238 DOI: 10.1080/14740338.2021.1935863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Introduction: Cumulative use of some first-generation protease inhibitors has been associated with higher rates of dyslipidemia and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The protease inhibitors most commonly in use are atazanavir and darunavir, which have fewer detrimental lipid effects and greater tolerability. This paper aims to review the evidence of a potential association of these contemporary protease inhibitors with the risk of ischemic CVD and atherosclerotic markers.Areas covered: We searched for publications of randomized trials and observational studies on PubMed from 1 January 2000 onwards, using search terms including: protease inhibitors; darunavir; atazanavir; cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular events; dyslipidemia; mortality; carotid intima media thickness; arterial elasticity; arterial stiffness and drug discontinuation. Ongoing studies registered on clinicaltrials.gov as well as conference abstracts from major HIV conferences from 2015-2020 were also searched.Expert opinion: Atazanavir and darunavir are no longer part of first-line HIV treatment, but continue to be recommended as alternative first line, second- and third-line regimens, as part of two drug regimens, and darunavir is used as salvage therapy. Although these drugs will likely remain in use globally for several years to come, baseline CVD risk should be considered when considering their use, especially as the population with HIV ages.
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- Camilla Ingrid Hatleberg
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections (CHIP), Section 2100, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections (CHIP), Section 2100, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Modelling and Evaluation (CREME), Institute for Global Health,University College London, London, UK
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Gonzalez-Cordon A, Assoumou L, Camafort M, Domenech M, Guaraldi G, Domingo P, Rusconi S, Raffi F, Katlama C, Masia M, Bernardino JI, Saumoy M, Pozniak A, Gatell JM, Martinez E. Switching from boosted PIs to dolutegravir in HIV-infected patients with high cardiovascular risk: 48 week effects on subclinical cardiovascular disease. J Antimicrob Chemother 2021; 75:3334-3343. [PMID: 32737482 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Switching from boosted PIs to dolutegravir in virologically suppressed HIV-infected patients with high cardiovascular risk significantly decreased total cholesterol and other proatherogenic lipid fractions at 48 weeks. The impact of this strategy on subclinical cardiovascular disease is unknown. METHODS NEAT022 is a European, multicentre, open-label, randomized, non-inferiority trial. HIV-infected adults aged >50 years or with a Framingham score >10% were eligible if plasma HIV RNA was <50 copies/mL for >24 weeks on a boosted PI-based regimen. Patients were randomized 1:1 to switch from boosted PIs to dolutegravir or to continue on boosted PIs. Common carotid arteries intima-media thickness (CIMT) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) were measured following a standardized protocol in a subgroup of NEAT022 study participants at baseline and at Week 48. RESULTS One hundred and fifty-six patients participated in the ultrasonography and arterial stiffness substudies, respectively. In each substudy, population characteristics did not differ between arms and matched those of the main study. At 48 weeks, patients who switched to dolutegravir had lower mean progression of both right (+4 versus +14.6 μm) and left (-6.1 versus +1.6 μm) CIMT and also a smaller increase in mean PWV (+0.18 versus +0.39 m/s) than patients continuing on boosted PIs, although differences were not statistically significant. CIMT trends were consistent across Framingham score, age and country. Inconsistent effects were seen in arterial stiffness. CONCLUSIONS Relative to continuing on boosted PIs, switching to dolutegravir in virologically suppressed patients with high cardiovascular risk showed consistent favourable although non-significant trends on CIMT progression at 48 weeks.
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, F75013 Paris, France
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Bonou M, Kapelios CJ, Athanasiadi E, Mavrogeni SI, Psichogiou M, Barbetseas J. Imaging modalities for cardiovascular phenotyping in asymptomatic people living with HIV. Vasc Med 2021; 26:326-337. [PMID: 33475050 DOI: 10.1177/1358863x20978702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has emerged as a leading cause of non-HIV-related mortality among people living with HIV (PLWH). Despite the growing CVD burden in PLWH, there is concern that general population risk score models may underestimate CVD risk in these patients. Imaging modalities have received mounting attention lately to better understand the pathophysiology of subclinical CVD and provide improved risk assessment in this population. To date, traditional and well-established techniques such as echocardiography, pulse wave velocity, and carotid intima thickness continue to be the basis for the diagnosis and subsequent monitoring of vascular atherosclerosis and heart failure. Furthermore, novel imaging tools such as cardiac computed tomography (CT) and cardiac CT angiography (CCTA), positron emission tomography/CT (PET/CT), and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) have provided new insights into accelerated cardiovascular abnormalities in PLWH and are currently evaluated with regards to their potential to improve risk stratification.
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- Maria Bonou
- Department of Cardiology Department, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology Department, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology Department, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology Department, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Triant VA, Siedner MJ. Darunavir and Cardiovascular Risk: Evaluating the Data to Inform Clinical Care. J Infect Dis 2020; 221:498-500. [PMID: 31828327 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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- Virginia A Triant
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Nata, South Africa
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Mee TC, Aepfelbacher J, Krakora R, Chairez C, Kvaratskhelia N, Smith B, Sandfort V, Hadigan C, Morse C, Hammoud DA. Carotid magnetic resonance imaging in persons living with HIV and 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk score. Antivir Ther 2019; 23:695-698. [PMID: 30088806 DOI: 10.3851/imp3258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Both traditional and HIV-specific risk factors contribute to greater incidence of cardiovascular disease in persons living with HIV (PLWH). Using state-of-the-art, high-resolution magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the common carotid arteries, this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between carotid vessel wall thickness (c-VWT) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk score in PLWH. METHODS Cross-sectional determinations of c-VWT using MR imaging in virally suppressed PLWH without known cardiovascular disease (n=32) and matched controls (n=13) were completed. Clinical data, including ASCVD risk and c-VWT, were compared between groups and regression analyses performed to identify predictors of c-VWT. RESULTS PLWH had significantly higher c-VWT (1.15 ±0.11 mm versus 1.08 ±0.08 mm; P=0.02) as well as higher diastolic blood pressure compared to controls, but exhibited no differences in 10-year ASCVD risk score, systolic blood pressure or smoking. Ten-year ASCVD risk score (r=0.53, P-value =0.0002), age (r=0.30, P-value <0.05), triglycerides (r=0.33, P-value =0.03) and waist circumference (r=0.36, P-value =0.02) were significantly associated with increased c-VWT. Among PLWH, c-VWT did not differ by protease inhibitor use. In a multivariate regression analysis, ASCVD risk score was the only variable significantly associated with c-VWT (P-value =0.02), whereas, HIV status was not. CONCLUSIONS In this cross-sectional study MR imaging demonstrated that c-VWT, a known marker for CVD risk, was increased in PLWH relative to controls, and that 10-year ASCVD risk was closely related to c-VWT, independent of HIV infection. Our data suggest that traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors in PLWH are adequately captured in the ASCVD risk score which was closely associated with subclinical carotid disease.
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- Thomas C Mee
- Critical Care Medicine Department, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Radiology and Imaging Sciences, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Radiology and Imaging Sciences, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Dentone C, Di Biagio A, Cozzi Lepri A, Fenoglio D, Filaci G, Lichtner M, Carrara S, Giacometti A, Sighinolfi L, Marchetti G, Antinori A, D'arminio Monforte A. Inflammatory effects of atazanavir/ritonavir versus darunavir/ritonavir in treatment naïve, HIV-1-infected patients. HIV CLINICAL TRIALS 2018; 19:158-162. [PMID: 30422095 DOI: 10.1080/15284336.2018.1488453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Limited studies have compared the impact of different antiretroviral regimens on soluble markers of inflammation with discordant results. METHODS In this prospective study, treatment naïve HIV-1-infected patients were included if they started their current regimen with atazanavir/ritonavir (ATV/r) (N = 73, Group 1) or darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r) (N = 85, Group 2) plus tenofovir/emtricitabine. The analysis of IL-6, MCP-1, sCD163, VCAM-1, ox-LDL, and adiponectine was performed on two stored plasma samples, the first prior to antiretroviral therapy initiation and the second one year after initiation. RESULTS The results of our analysis show a difference in ox-LDL between the two groups with higher mean (SD) values in ATV/r based group 608.5 ± 137.4 versus 519.1 ± 119.6 in DRV/r group, after controlling for baseline levels of ox-LDL as well as other potential confounding factors controlled by means of matching design or linear regression modelling. CONCLUSIONS Our analysis provides further data examining the association between the modulation of vascular inflammatory and of activation markers with specific protease inhibitors-based treatments over one year of exposure to these drugs. The data show little evidence for an association, supporting the notion that antiretroviral regimens has generally poor efficiency in downregulating these soluble markers.
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- Chiara Dentone
- a Infectious Diseases Unit , Sanremo Hospital , Imperia , Italy
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- b Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine , Ospedale Policlinico S. Martino , Genoa , Italy
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- c Centre for Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Modelling and Evaluation (CREME) , Institute for Global Health UCL , Rowland Hill St , London , UK
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- d Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research , University of Genoa , Genoa , Italy.,e Department of Internal Medicine (DIMI) , University of Genoa , Ospedale Policlinico San Martino , Genoa , Italy
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- d Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research , University of Genoa , Genoa , Italy.,e Department of Internal Medicine (DIMI) , University of Genoa , Ospedale Policlinico San Martino , Genoa , Italy
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- f Infectious Diseases Unit , Sapienza University , Latina , Italy
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- g National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI) L. Spallanzani - IRCCS , Rome , Italy
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- h Clinic of Infectious Diseases , Azienda O.U. Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona , Ancona , Italy
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- i Clinica Malattie Infettive , Hospital and University of Ferrara , Ferrara , Italy
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- j Clinica di Malattie Infettive , San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan , Milan , Italy
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- g National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI) L. Spallanzani - IRCCS , Rome , Italy
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