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. 2001 Oct;86(4):365–367. doi: 10.1136/heart.86.4.365

The expanding role of the cardiologist in the care of HIV infected patients

G BARBARO, S FISHER, A PELLICELLI, S LIPSHULTZ
PMCID: PMC1729934  PMID: 11559669

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Figure 1  .

Figure 1  

Necropsy finding of dilated cardiomyopathy in a patient who died of AIDS. There is remarkable dilatation of the left ventricular cavity with slight myocardial hypertrophy.

Figure 2  .

Figure 2  

Necropsy finding of Candida albicans endocarditis in an AIDS intravenous heroin users. Note the thrombotic formation on the closing edge of the posterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve (arrow) going down to the right ventricular cavity and involving the chordae tendineae.    

Figure 3  .

Figure 3  

Circumferential pericardial effusion (arrows) in HIV infected patients induced Mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection (parasternal short axis view).


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