HIV and Coronary Artery Disease

The announcement linking HIV and heart disease is not the first example of the connection. In 2005, a European study examined the impact of HIV medications on the human body. This study is thought to be the first that suggested HIV had an effect on cardiac health. Specifically, the study showed that people infected with HIV were twice as likely to have a heart attack than people not infected with HIV. This was confirmed in a study whose results were reported in 2007. Again, the study confirmed that HIV positive people were twice as likely to suffer a heart attack than HIV negative people. Read about the connection between HIV and coronary heart disease.

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