CORONARY-ARTERY LESIONS AND HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTION

被引:112
作者
PATON, P [1 ]
TABIB, A [1 ]
LOIRE, R [1 ]
TETE, R [1 ]
机构
[1] HOP CARDIOVASC PNEUMOL LOUIS PRADEL,ANAT PATHOL LAB,F-69394 LYON 03,FRANCE
来源
RESEARCH IN VIROLOGY | 1993年 / 144卷 / 03期
关键词
HIV; AIDS; HSV; ARTERIOPATHY; CORONARY; FIBROSIS; SCLEROSIS; HYALINOSIS; PATHOGENESIS;
D O I
10.1016/S0923-2516(06)80033-6
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The postmortem anatomopathological examination of eight heart-and-lung specimens obtained from eight HIV-seropositive patients was performed. Three patients were CDC stage II and five patients were CDC stage IV. The mean age was 27 (range: 23-32). Distal and proximal vascular lesions of the coronary arteries were observed. These impairments were marked by major excentric atherosclerosis (with 80-90 % obstruction of the arterial lumen) or by fibrosis two-fold or six-fold the thickness of the tunica media. Sclero-hyalinosis of the smaller arteries and myocardial interstitial fibrosis lesions was also revealed. In view of the severity of the described lesions, the absence of any associated cardiovascular risk factors and the context of immunodepression, the role of a virus in the genesis of these lesions is suggested, in particular a virus of the herpes group.
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