. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 4.

Published in final edited form as: Can J Cardiol. 2018 Dec 4;35(3):270–279. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.11.029

Table 2.

Clinical differences in acute coronary syndrome in HIV vs uninfected patients

	HIV-infected vs uninfected adults
Demographics	10 y younger
Risk factors	Lower TIMI score, higher rates of tobacco use
Presentation	Increased prevalence of STEMI (> 50%)
Plaque morphology	Noncalcified plaque and increased thrombus
Mortality	Increased risk of 30-d in-hospital mortality
Recurrent MI	Increased risk possibly due to type 2 MI

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; MI, myocardial infarction; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; TIMI, Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction.