AIDS associated with severe cor pulmonale and large pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade

Cardiol Rev. 2004 Jan-Feb;12(1):49-55. doi: 10.1097/01.crd.0000089950.17031.42.

Abstract

Cardiac involvement in patients with advanced HIV/AIDS is common, including pericardial effusion and pulmonary hypertension. Although there is an increased incidence of pericardial effusion in patients with AIDS, most are small and asymptomatic. The presence of a pericardial effusion and/or pulmonary hypertension is associated with shortened survival. We present a case of a 43-year-old man with AIDS and advanced cardiovascular involvement who developed severe cor pulmonale and a large pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Adult
  • Autopsy
  • Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis
  • Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
  • Male
  • Pericardial Effusion / diagnosis
  • Pericardial Effusion / etiology*
  • Pericardial Effusion / therapy
  • Pericardiocentesis
  • Pulmonary Heart Disease / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Heart Disease / etiology*