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Issue
Highlights
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Cardiovascular
Disease Risk in HIV Infection
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HIV Infection
Clinical Trial Information
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Vital Bridge–
Chicago, IL
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Cardiovascular Disease
Risk in HIV Infection: Rationale for Diet, Exercise,
and Healthy Lifestyle
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Jul
Gerrior, RD is Senior Research Nutritionist and Project Director of
Nutrition and Pharmaceutical Interventions in HIV at Tufts
University School of Medicine in Boston, MA. Jul is the co-author of
numerous articles and abstracts related to HIV including those in publications
such as The Journal of Infectious
Diseases and the Journal of the American
Dietetic Association.
As survival in HIV-infected
patients increases with the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy,
the role of diet, exercise, and healthy lifestyle is and will continue
to be an important part of the care for these patients. With increased
longevity, abnormalities in lipid metabolism, specifically increases in
low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and triglycerides, have been
observed. This raises the concern of an increased risk for cardiovascular
disease in HIV-infected patients. Studies on cardiovascular disease risk
among people with HIV to date have demonstrated mixed results. This may
be related to the length of time needed for elevations in lipids to result
in the development of lesions in coronary arteries leading to cardiovascular
events. (1-3)
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