Publications by authors named "Gabriela Farias Araujo Sousa Costa"
Intima-Media Thickness in the Carotid and Femoral Arteries for Detection of Arteriosclerosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Individuals.
Emmanuelle Tenório Albuquerque Madruga Godoi Carlos Teixeira Brandt Heloisa Ramos Lacerda Jocelene Tenório Albuquerque Madruga Godoi Dinaldo Cavalcanti de Oliveira Gabriela Farias Araujo Sousa Costa
Arq Bras Cardiol
January 2017
Background: The prevalence of atherosclerosis is higher in HIV-positive people, who also experience it earlier than the general population.
Objectives: To assess and compare the prevalence of atherosclerosis evaluated by the intima-media thickness of carotid and femoral arteries, and by the ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI) in HIV patients treated or not treated with protease inhibitors (PIs) and controls.
Methods: Eighty HIV+ subjects (40 using PIs and 40 not using PIs) and 65 controls were included in the study.