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Maternal HIV and Children's Hearts
Brian Vastag
JAMA. 2002;288:307.
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Children born to mothers with HIV infection tend to have larger and
less efficient hearts than those of children born to mothers without the virus.
In maternally infected children, the initially mild abnormalities may persist
and, in some cases, worsen. Long-term cardiac consequences for uninfected
children of HIV-positive mothers remain unknown, according to research sponsored
by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
The Pediatric Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Complications of Vertically
Transmitted HIV Infection Study assessed heart structure and function by echocardiogram
in 556 newborns of HIV-infected mothers (93 newborns were HIV-positive; 463
were HIV-negative). The children were reexamined every 4 to 6 months for 5
years.
Steven Lipshultz, MD, chief of pediatric cardiology at the University
of Rochester Medical Center and lead author of the study, which was published
June 17 on the Web site of the journal Lancet, said
the cause of the abnormalities remains . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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